Multiple Choice
The value of a worker's marginal product is $50 per hour for high-ability workers and $15 per hour for low-ability workers.The preferences of high-ability workers correspond to the utility function UH(E,W) = W - 4E,and the preferences of low-ability workers correspond to the utility function UL(E,W) = W - 10E.By law,everyone is required to attend at least ten years of school.Three-fifths of the population has low ability,and two-fifths has high ability.What is the most efficient separating equilibrium?
A) EL = 13.5; EH = 13.5
B) EL = 10; EH = 13.5
C) EL = 13.5; EH = 16.125
D) EL = 10; EH = 10
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