Why were workers paid more during the plague?

There were fewer people to fill jobs.
There were more people to buy goods.
There were more people living in the cities.
There were higher wages under the manor system.

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Answer: There were fewer people to fill jobs.

Explanation:

The plague led to the death of millions of Europeans and as a result, deprived them of a very valuable commodity, labor. Europe's economies were shattered as the number of people willing and able to work to produce goods drastically decreased in the number.

The ones that could work had to pick up the slack and demanded a higher salary for doing work that only they could do and so began the practice of labor negotiations in Europe.

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