False. From the firm’s point of view, the wage paid to the worker is an explicit cost whether she was previously unemployed or not. The firm’s opportunity cost is equal to the wage, because if it did not hire this worker, it would have had to hire someone else at the same wage. The opportunity cost from the worker’s point of view is the value of her time, which is unlikely to be zero. By taking this job, she cannot work at another job or take care of a child or elderly person at home.If her best alternative is working at another job, she gives up the wage she would have earned.If her best alternative is unpaid, such as taking care of a loved one, she will now have to pay someone else to do that job, and the amount she has to pay is her opportunity cost.