Transcript LESSON 15 – WAGES AND THE BLACK DEATH

LESSON 15 – WAGES AND THE BLACK DEATH
A Decrease in the Supply of
Workers in the Labor Market
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LESSON 15 – WAGES AND THE BLACK DEATH
Medieval Pillory Punished
Those Who Violated the
Statute of Laborers
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LESSON 15 – WAGES AND THE BLACK DEATH
Results of the Great Plague
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The Statute of Laborers is issued in England.
Workers begin to ask for higher wages.
Some peasants buy their own land.
To reduce their labor costs, some producers shift
from growing grain to raising sheep.
Millions of Europeans die after being infected by the
plague bacteria.
The supply of workers in Europe decreases.
The standard of living of peasant workers rises and
they can choose where to work.
Producers begin to pay more “in kind” benefits and
pay illegally high wages.
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