<p>This might come off as an odd question but are there any frameworks that associate a reduction in wages with an increase in labor supply?</p>
<p>A scenario would be the following:</p>
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<p>Suppose a worker receives a wage cut and since this worker has bills to pay they need to do more overtime.</p>
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<p>An example of this labor supply curve would be:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3KCJnS6l.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3KCJnS6l.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a>
Is there a name for this phenomenon?</p>

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2024-11-28T04:36:42.147Z
[Backward bending supply curve of labour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_bending_supply_curve_of_labour)?
Herr K.
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2024-11-28T04:53:52.290Z
@HerrK. More like an S shaped labor supply curve.
EconJohn
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The same Wikipedia article has a [section](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_bending_supply_curve_of_labour#Inverted_S-shaped_supply_curve) on that too.
Herr K.
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Is it ever possible that wages can inversely related to Labor Supply? If so does it have a name?
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# Is it ever possible that wages can inversely related to Labor Supply? If so does it have a name?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-11-28)

This might come off as an odd question but are there any frameworks that associate a reduction in wages with an increase in labor supply?

A scenario would be the following:

> Suppose a worker receives a wage cut and since this worker has bills to pay they need to do more overtime.

An example of this labor supply curve would be:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3KCJnS6l.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/3KCJnS6l.png)
Is there a name for this phenomenon?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [Backward bending supply curve of labour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_bending_supply_curve_of_labour)?  
> **username_0**: @HerrK. More like an S shaped labor supply curve.  
> **username_1**: The same Wikipedia article has a [section](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_bending_supply_curve_of_labour#Inverted_S-shaped_supply_curve) on that too.  

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