A Firm's Option to Offer a Wage Higher Than the No-Shirking Minimum
A firm is not bound to pay only the minimum no-shirking wage. For instance, a school needing 40 tutors could offer €730, which is higher than the required €710 minimum. Although this higher wage would attract more applicants for each vacancy, the firm can still choose to hire only the 40 workers needed to maintain its target employment level. This choice represents a viable, or feasible, combination of wage and employment for the firm.
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A company employs 40 workers and pays a uniform wage of €710. This specific wage is the minimum amount required to ensure that none of the 40 workers shirk their responsibilities, as it just meets the no-shirking condition for the worker with the highest reservation wage in the group. If the company decides to lower the wage for all employees to €690, what is the most likely outcome?
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Figure 6.12: The School's Feasible Set of Wage and Employment
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