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:*#''h'' = # of hours worked (assuming 1 hour per worker)
:*#''h'' = # of hours worked (assuming 1 hour per worker)
:*#''e'' ∈ [0,1] (Simply, ''e'' is the <nowiki> "effort" </nowiki> term and is equal to the amount per hour that a worker actually works)  
:*#''e'' ∈ [0,1] (Simply, ''e'' is the <nowiki> "effort" </nowiki> term and is equal to the amount per hour that a worker actually works)  
:*#ε is an error term with mean=0
:*#ε is an error term with μ=0





Revision as of 02:29, 22 April 2009

The employment relationship can be basically modeled as followed:

y=y(he)
  • Assumptions:
    1. y' > 0
    2. y'' < 0 (Note: Assumptions 1 and 2 constitute the standard assumptions for a maximization problem)
    3. h = # of hours worked (assuming 1 hour per worker)
    4. e ∈ [0,1] (Simply, e is the "effort" term and is equal to the amount per hour that a worker actually works)
    5. ε is an error term with μ=0








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