4B. Cross-wage Elasticity

• When price of capital increases1. Scale effect: output ? ? L ?2. Substitution effect: Capital relatively more expensive ? a. Substitutes in prodn: L ? b. Complements in prodn: L ?

• Overall: price capital ? ? labor D ?Labor demand ? then gross substitutesLabor demand ? then gross complements

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