The reason is that there are two effects related to determining supply. The substitution effect states that a higher wage makes work more attractive than leisure. ... The income effect states that a higher wage means workers can achieve a target income by working fewer hours.
Backward bending supply curve is the normal case for most workers. Most economists agree that a worker's supply curve for labor slopes upward at lower wages and bends backward at higher wages.
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