Increased wages in Africa may lead to less work, more leisure.
The article discusses how the supply of labor in Africa can sometimes decrease as wages increase, which is contrary to what we might expect. The researchers use a model that looks at factors like how much people value leisure time and how much they dislike work. They find that if people see leisure as a good thing to buy with their money, they might work less as they earn more. This can lead to a backward-bending supply curve for labor, where people work less as their wages go up.
