Firm Incentives in a Low-Employment Economy
In a model where firms set wages to ensure worker effort, consider an economic state where employment is well below its equilibrium level. Analyze the conditions this creates for a typical firm and explain the specific incentive that will likely cause it to change its current wage.
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