Which one faces a larger opportunity cost when taking unpaid leaves to go on a vacation that costs each the same amount of money - A partner or a paralegal at a law firm? Multiple choice question. The partner has the larger trade-off since they make a higher wage and would have to forgo the income they could have made by working. The trip costs the same for both so they face the same trade-off, whatever the cost of the trip is. The paralegal has the larger trade-off since they make a higher wage and would have to forgo the income they could have made by working