How did the work shortage caused by the plague affect the economies of western europe?

There was a decline in wages. However, there were less people so there was also more opportunity for social mobility.  

apartheid, (afrikaans: “apartness”) policy that governed relations between south africa's white minority and nonwhite majority and sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites. people should not get this wrong. i was just answering a question.