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Wage Strategy and Employee Effort
A company observes that its employees are frequently underperforming. The company pays a wage that is identical to what its workers could earn at a competing firm across the street. To address the performance issue, a manager proposes raising the company's wage by 15%. Explain the economic logic for why this wage increase could lead to a higher level of employee effort.
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