Factors Influencing the Wage-Setting Decision
In an economic model where firms set wages just high enough to motivate employees and prevent them from slacking, a higher unemployment rate generally allows firms to offer a lower wage. Beyond the unemployment rate, identify and explain one other factor that would compel a firm to offer a higher wage to achieve the same level of employee effort.
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