| a | number of employees |
| ac | employment matrix |
| acj2,j3 | number of employees of the productivity group j2 in profession j3. Component of matrix ac |
| aej3 | number of all employees of profession j3 |
| ap | vector of productivity group sizes |
| apj2 | number of workers belonging to productivity group j2 |
| d | vector of work performance |
| dj3 | total work performance of profession j3. Component of the vector d |
| db | vector of the needs-based share of work performance |
| dbj3 | needs-based share of work performance j3. Component of the vector db |
| db0 | vector of a needs-based performance structure. |
| db0j3 | j3th component of the vector db |
| dbn | vector of a normalized, needs-based performance structure |
| dbnj3 | j3th component of the vector dbn. |
| fbj3 | share of needs-based work performance in the total work performance j3 |
| fbg | factor of the needs-conformity of the work performance of society as a wh. |
| fg | factor of overall societal increase in work performance through employment policy |
| fpj3 | factor of productivity increase by employment policy in profession j3 |
| i4 | index for numbering the reproductive cycle |
| j2 | index for numbering the productivity grou |
| j3 | index for numbering the professions |
| m2 | number of productivity groups |
| m3 | number of professions |
| Md | vector of the units of measure of job-specific work performance |
| Mdj3 | unit of measure of job-specific work performance of profession j3. Component of the vector |
| Mp | normal for the price unit (e.g. Mp=1000 DM) |
| Mt | unit of time to which all work performances are referred to |
| l | matrix of currently realizable individual wages |
| lj2,j3 | currently realizable individual wage of a worker in productivity group j2 in profession j3 |
| ldj2,j3 | current individual performance wage of a worker in full employment in productivity group j2 in profession j3 |
| lmaxj2 | current maximum realizable wage of a worker in productivity group j2 |
| ls | current piece wage vector |
| lsj3 | current piece wage in profession j3. Component of the vector ls |
| p | productivity matrix |
| pj2 | productivity profile of performance group j2. Row vector of the matrix p |
| pj2,j3 | productivity of a worker in productivity group j2 in profession j3. Component of the matrix p |
| pn | vector of normalized productivities |
| pnj3 | normalized productivity in profession j3 or average job-independent productivity in profession j3. Component of the vector pn |
| pm | vector of the mean profession-dependent productivities |
| pmj3 | Average productivity in profession j3 of those actually employed in this profession. Component of the vector pm |
| r1 | fluctuation rate |
| r2 | parameters of the speed of wage adjustment |