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Workers Not Classified as Involuntarily Unemployed in the Firm's Wage-Setting Model
In the context of the firm's wage-setting model, there is a group of unemployed individuals who are not considered involuntarily unemployed. These are job seekers whose personal reservation wages are higher than the no-shirking wage (w1) offered by the firm. Because they are unwilling to accept the job at the wage that others find acceptable, they do not meet the definition of being involuntarily unemployed.
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