It also means, that given a good trade-off, you would do something else.
But a lot of people care less about money, and more about other things in life: work-life balance, mental health, closeness to family, whatever.
Given that working is a must, why wouldn't we try to make it suck less for everybody? At the end of the day, life is complicated enough without having other people trying to make it harder for you.
It sounds like you want the other to be paid less, since you are having a hard time. The solution IMO is not paying other people less, it is finding a better place for yourself!
> I bet we could even stretch this into that it would reduce output of society greatly, since people that otherwise would pursue "high skill" work
As you can imagine, I disagree - I like my job (not position! I like it as well, but I could change it), and I wouldn't do any other job for the same amount of money. I like not being dead tired at the end of the day, I like being challenged, I like being able to deliver something to millions of people.
Unwanted suggestion: focus less on other people, and a bit more on your own well-being.
Edit: I have also to disclose, I wouldn't mind a 20% tax increase if this means bus drivers and nurses are paid more: we don't do anything special, I really don't understand why we should be paid 3x what other people are making. I understand the _mechanism_ behind it, but at the end of the week my SO does much more work than me, and she's paid 1/3.