The Black Death, a plague, struck England and other European countries in 1348-1351
killing between 20 to 40 percent of the population. If such an event were to occur
again in modern times, describe and illustrate in detail the potential impacts on
labour markets.
Ans.
If the plague like Black Death occurs in the current scenario, the
labor markets will be increased as the underutilization of the
labor shall seem inevitable. The employment shall decrease. Unlike
the Black Death which took over 75 million lives and caused
reduction in the availability of labor and increased the wages. In
recent times COVID 19 pandemic has struck the whole world leading
to a major downfall in the labor market. In the recent scenario,
the situation has changed as the plague can now affect the
employment rate negatively due to the recession occurring because
of it but the labor market shall either be benefitted or shall
remain in place.
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