Incentives at Labor Market Equilibrium
Imagine an economy is at the stable equilibrium determined by the intersection of the wage-setting and price-setting curves. An unemployed person, desperate for a job, offers to work for a large, profitable firm at a wage 10% lower than what the firm currently pays its workers. From the firm's perspective, why is this offer likely to be rejected, even though it seems to represent a cost saving?
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