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Payoff from Shirking
The payoff from shirking is the total economic benefit an employee anticipates from not exerting effort. The calculation of this payoff is based on a key assumption: that the worker uses an expected duration of s weeks before being detected, which is their best estimate for a chance event. This payoff consists of the full wage (w) for the initial s weeks, plus the lower reservation wage (w_res) for the subsequent h-s weeks of unemployment.
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