THE SCARCITY OF LABOR MARKETS AND ELDERLY SUPPLY Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Ph.D. Department of...

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THE SCARCITY OF LABOR MARKETS AND ELDERLY SUPPLY Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Ph.D. Department of economics, University of Iceland

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THE SCARCITY OF LABOR MARKETS AND ELDERLY SUPPLY

Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Ph.D.Department of economics, University of Iceland

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Scarcity

• Economics is sometimes called the study of scarcity

• The underlying problem of all or work

• Scarcity in the context of elderly labor supply– Fallacy of labor scarcity– Lump of labor fallacy– Zero-sum fallacy

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Life-cycle income and expenditures

Expenditures

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Life-cycle income and expenditures

Expenditures

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Life-cycle income and expenditures

Expenditures

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Life-cycle income and expenditures

Expenditures

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Life-cycle income and expenditures

Expenditures

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Life-cycle income and expenditures

Expenditures

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What is scarce in this situation?

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Thank you