Calculating an Unemployed Worker's Expected Net Utility
In an economy-wide model where all firms are identical, the uniform wage is $25 per hour, and the disutility (cost) of effort is equivalent to $5 per hour. An unemployed worker's only alternative to remaining unemployed is to find a job at one of these firms.
- Calculate the expected net utility (the value of the 'outside option') this worker gets from finding a new job.
- If a new labor law increases the uniform wage to $28 per hour while the cost of effort remains the same, what is the new expected net utility?
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