1.
Consider a worker who has small children. All of the following are effects of child care expenses (and not the subsidies which defray those costs) except:
A.that they increase reservation wages.
B.that they might decrease labour force participation.
C.that they increase the hours of work for labour market participants.
D.that they reduce the hours of work for labour market participants.
2.
Which of the following statements concerning subsidies for child care expenses is true?
A.They reduce the fixed costs of working.
B.They discourage labour force participation.
C.They tend to increase the reservation wage of working.
D.They cause a strong substitution effect toward more working activity.
3.
Nonexperimental evidence has suggested that:
A.most people who initiate welfare benefits will leave welfare within one year.
B.most people who initiate welfare benefits will stay on welfare after one year.
C.the longer one is on welfare, the more likely one is to leave.
D.individuals with low predicted earnings and relative temporary tough circumstances are less likely to use welfare.
4.
Since 1990, the welfare benefit rate in Ontario has shown:
A.an increasing trend for the most part.
B.a decreasing trend for the most part.
C.an increasing then a decreasing trend.
D.no trend.
5.
Which of the following factors may affect the welfare (or social assistance) participation rate?
A.The level of the basic benefit
B.the unemployment rate
C.The total number of cases (the case load).
D.All of the above choices are correct.
AS PER HOMEWORKLIB POLICY I'M ANSWERING FIRST QUESTION ONLY, THANK YOU.
1) Correct answer is THAT THEY MIGHT INCREASE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATIO. its not there in given options, and rest of all options are correct. And we cannot exclude them.
1. Consider a worker who has small children. All of the following are effects of child...
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