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BACKWARD-BENDING LABOR SUPPLY CURVE: A labor supply curve that is positively-sloped for relatively small quantities of labor and negatively-sloped for relatively large quantities of labor. In other words, workers supply larger quantities of labor in response to a higher wage when the wage is relatively low. However, when the wage reaches a relatively high level, further increases in the wage entice workers to reduce the quantity supplied. The supply curve thus bends back on itself. The reason for the negatively-sloped, backward-bending segment rests with the tradeoff between labor and leisure. Workers decide to "spend" a portion of their higher wage "buying" more leisure time, and thus working less. The end result is that the higher wage decreases the quantity of labor supplied.

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A profit-motivated organization that combines resources for the production and supply of goods and services. The three primary types of legal organization for a business are proprietorship, partnership, or corporation. A business might theoretically find itself operating in an industry or market structured as perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, or monopoly. Regardless of organization and industry structure, a business is generally motivated by the pursuit of profit.

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