If all firms behave in a way consistent with having rational expectations, the total amount of labor supplied will be, on average, equal to the total amount of labor demanded.

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This is a key assumption of the classical economic model, where workers and firms have rational expectations and the labor market clears through adjustments in wages and prices. In this scenario, there is no involuntary unemployment as all workers who want to work at the prevailing wage can find a job, and all firms who want to hire workers at the prevailing wage can find employees. However, there are some critiques of this model, particularly in the context of market imperfections, information asymmetries, and labor market rigidities, where the assumption of perfect competition and efficiency may not hold.

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