Jackson is considering two different jobs, and is indifferent to both of them although one pays $20 per hour and the other pays $25 per hour. This must mean that

a. the higher-paying job must be more dangerous than the lower-paying job
b. the higher-paying job enjoys a compensating wage differential of $5 per hour
c. Jackson doesn't really need the money
d. the lower-paying job enjoys a compensating wage differential of $5 per hour
e. the higher-paying job enjoys a compensating wage differential of $20 per hour


B

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