Consider an economy that lacks any safety regulations. After a review of various incidences of workplace injuries, the government in this economy concludes that workers may not be optimally choosing jobs based on wages and safety. That is to say, workers seem to be accepting jobs that don't pay a high enough wage given the level of safety (or, put another way, jobs that aren't safe enough given the wage paid). This government is open to implementing new policies that would help workers make more optimal wage-safety choices. However, it strongly prefers avoiding the implementation of safety regulations on employers. For each of the following underlying causes of the wage-safety issue, describe a potential policy that could help resolve it. Given this government's aversion to implementing safety regulations, use "safety regulations" as a policy response to only one of these causes. a) Imperfect information among workers b) Imperfect competition between firms c) Workers experiencing the wishful thinking bias
Consider an economy that lacks any safety regulations. After a review of various incidences of workplace injuries, the government in this economy concludes that workers may not be optimally choosing jobs based on wages and safety. That is to say, workers seem to be accepting jobs that don't pay a high enough wage given the level of safety (or, put another way, jobs that aren't safe enough given the wage paid).
This government is open to implementing new policies that would help workers make more optimal wage-safety choices. However, it strongly prefers avoiding the implementation of safety regulations on employers.
For each of the following underlying causes of the wage-safety issue, describe a potential policy that could help resolve it. Given this government's aversion to implementing safety regulations, use "safety regulations" as a policy response to only one of these causes.
a) Imperfect information among workers
b) Imperfect competition between firms
c) Workers experiencing the wishful thinking bias
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