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Identifying Involuntarily Unemployed Workers in the Firm's Wage-Setting Model
Within a single firm's wage-setting model, involuntary unemployment affects job applicants whose reservation wages fall within a specific range. A firm establishes a no-shirking wage (w1) to motivate its employees and only hires individuals with reservation wages below a certain level (r1). As a result, applicants whose reservation wages are higher than r1 but lower than the offered wage w1 are rejected. These individuals are classified as involuntarily unemployed because they are willing to work for the wage being paid to current employees but are not offered a position.
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Ch.6 The firm and its employees - The Economy 2.0 Microeconomics @ CORE Econ
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Graphical Illustration of Involuntary Unemployment in the Firm's Wage-Setting Model (Figure 6.17)
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