A two-person household, initially with both partners earning equal wages, faces a new situation where one partner is offered a lower wage for the same work due to external market factors. According to a model of joint household decision-making that aims to maximize the household's overall well-being, arrange the following events in the logical order that leads to a specialized division of labor.
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