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Why might some firms voluntarily pay workers a wage above the market equilibrium, even in the presence of surplus labor

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  • a. Paying higher wages can reduce a firm's training costs.
  • b. Higher wages attract a more competent pool of workers.
  • d. Paying higher wages helps workers to be healthier in some developing countries.

Step-by-step explanation:

Paying higher than average wages will help a company retain staff who would appreciate being paid so much. There will therefore be less workers leaving the company which means that there would be no need to train new staff.

Higher wages also attracts more competent workers because competitive wages attract better talent who would want to work for a company that adequately compensates them for their higher skillset.

Developing countries tend to have low minimum or rather low equilibrium wage rates in order to get companies to employ more people. This usually does not reflect the economic situation in he country so paying above this rate will ensure that the employees are better taken care of which would leave them healthier.

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