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3.3.3—Reasons for differences in wages

Syllabus
0455–2027–2028
Objective
3.3.3
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3.3.3—Reasons for differences in wages

  • reasons for differences:
  • demand for and supply of labour
  • relative bargaining strengths
  • discrimination, e.g. male/female
  • government policy
  • how these reasons influence the wages of workers, depending on:
  • level of skills of workers
  • economic sector workers operate in: primary/secondary/tertiary
  • discrimination between workers, e.g. male/female
  • whether the worker is working in the private sector or public sector
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