Nature of Unemployment at Labor Market Equilibrium
In a labor market model where firms set wages to motivate workers, the resulting equilibrium features a real wage at which the number of job-seekers exceeds the number of available jobs. Explain why the individuals who are without jobs in this equilibrium are considered 'involuntarily unemployed'.
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