please explain this clearly. In Toronto, a welfare recipient can earn $90 per month without having...
Policy makers devise a welfare program where benefits are reduced when additional income is received. If a person on welfare does not work at all, they will receive $400 a month. But, for every dollar they earn, benefits will be reduced by 30 cents. Suppose that the hourly wage rate is $8. (a) (3 points) If a person works for 120 hours in a month, what will the total income be? (b) (3 points) How many hours must a person...
Pat's wage rate is $6 per hour and she has a maximum of 100 hours per week to allocate between leisure and work. Without any welfare assistance program, Pat chooses to work 37.5 hours per week. a. Suppose Pat is eligible for welfare benefits of $225 per week, but benefits are reduced $1 for every $1 she earns. Draw the budget line (label all relevant values) and indifference curve that represents Pat's maximum utility under these circumstances. b. The structure...
Julie Rios has take-home pay of $2,320 per month and a disability insurance policy that replaces 60 percent of earnings after a 90-day (3-month) waiting period. She has accumulated 80 sick days at work. Julie was involved in an auto accident and was out of work for four months. How much income did she lose, and how much would be replaced by her disability policy? How else could she replace her lost earnings? If after four months Julie could only...
2. Julie Rios has take-home pay of $2,020 per month and a disability insurance policy that replaces 60 percent of earnings after a 90-day (3-month) waiting period. She has accumulated 80 sick days at work. Julie was involved in an auto accident and was out of work for four months. How much income did she lose, and how much would be replaced by her disability policy? How else could she replace her lost earnings? If after four months Julie could...
Julie Rios has take-home pay of $1,520 per month and a disability insurance policy that replaces 60 percent of earnings after a 90-day (3-month) waiting period. She has accumulated 80 sick days at work. Julie was involved in an auto accident and was out of work for four months. How much income did she lose, and how much would be replaced by her disability policy? How else could she replace her lost earnings? If after four months Julie could only...
Julie Rios has take-home pay of $1 comma 030 per month and a disability insurance policy that replaces 60 percent of earnings after a 90-day (3-month) waiting period. She has accumulated 80 sick days at work. Julie was involved in an auto accident and was out of work for four months. How much income did she lose, and how much would be replaced by her disability policy? How else could she replace her lost earnings? If after four months Julie...
2. Julie Rios has take-home pay of $3,580 per month and a disability insurance policy that replaces 60 percent of earnings after a 90-day (3-month) waiting period. She has accumulated 80 sick days at work. Julie was involved in an auto accident and was out of work for four months. How much income did she lose, and how much would be replaced by her disability policy? How else could she replace her lost earnings? If after four months Julie could...
Julie Rios has take-home pay of $1,600 per month and a disability insurance policy that replaces 60% of earnings after a 90-day (3-month) waiting period. She has accumulated 80 sick days at work. Julie was involved in an auto accident and was out of work for four months. How much income did she lose, and how much would be replaced by her disability policy? How else could she replace her lost earnings? If after four months Julie could only return...
1. a. Naomi's utility function: U C is consumption L is leisure 75 x In(C)+300 x InL) Naomi's Budget Constraint is a little tricky Let's assume she is eligible for a government program that guarantees her S5000 a year for consumption and where the benefit is reduced by 50% for every dollar earned through working once she earns $10,000 she no longer receives the subsidy as it has been completely reduced by her income from working. If Sarah does decide...
Emma’s wage rate is $10 per hour and she has a maximum of 100 hours per week to allocate between leisure and work. In the absence of any tax on wage earnings, Emma optimally chooses to work 40 hours per week. The following tax is imposed. Emma is not taxed on the first $240 earnings per week, but each dollar earned beyond that is taxed at 10%. Does the tax cause Emma to work more, work less, or have no...