Posted: March 20th, 2017

Why do hedge fund executives earn so much compared to the chosen labor group? In addition to wages, what other factors influence an individual to choose one job over another?

• What are trends in the labor market for the chosen labor group that you can identify for the last 10 years? Please provide the retrieved statistics. (one detailed slide with speaker notes and cited references on this bullet.
• What factors affected the demand and supply for this labor group during the last 10 years? Research and report data available from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and other peer reviewed sources. (one detailed slide with speaker notes and cited refereences on this bullet.)
• Why do actors and actresses earn so much compared to the chosen labor group?
• Why do hedge fund executives earn so much compared to the chosen labor group?
• In addition to wages, what other factors influence an individual to choose one job over another?
• What jobs do you think have the best mix of salary and other characteristics that individuals care about?