Hicks-Marshall laws of derived demand

Hicks-Marshall laws of derived demand

In economics, the Hicks-Marshall laws of derived demand assert that, other things equal, the own-wage elasticity of demand for a category of labor is high under the following conditions:
* When the price elasticity of demand for the product being produced is high (scale effect). So when final product demand is elastic, an increase in wages will lead to a large change in the quantity of the final product demanded affecting employment greatly.
* When other factors of production can be easily substituted for the category of labor (substitution effect).
* When the supply of other factors of production is highly elastic (that is, usage of other factors of production can be increased without substantially increasing their prices) (substitution effect). That is, employers cannot easily replace labor as doing so will lead to a large increase in other factor prices making it useless.
* When the cost of employing the category of labor is a large share of the total costs of production (scale effect)

The "Hicks-Marshall" is named for economists John Hicks and Alfred Marshall.


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