Suppose you have 24 hours per day that you can allocate between leisure and working (i)...
Suppose you have 24 hours per day that you can allocate between leisure and working
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Draw the budget constraint between “leisure hours” on the horizontal axis and “wage income” on the vertical when the wage rate is $40 per hour. Mark an optimum point A that is meaningful. Draw a new budget constraint when the wage rate falls to $30 per hour. Show a new optimum point B. |
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On your indifference curve diagram, decompose the effect of the wage decrease into a “substitution effect” and an “income effect” (What is the direction of the substitution effect, that is, what happens to leisure or work? Assuming leisure is a “normal good”, what is the direction of the income effect?) What can you say about the “net effect” of the wage decrease on your leisure choice? Also provide economic explanations of your decomposition results. |
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Suppose you have 24 hours per day that you can allocate between
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3. Suppose you have 24 hours to allocate between leisure and working at $10 an hour....
3. Suppose you have 24 hours to allocate between leisure and working at $10 an hour. One day the government simultaneously institutes a new program consisting of two policies: a 50% income tax and a plan whereby everybody in the country receives a gift from the government of $60 a day. (a) Draw the two budget lines (you may draw a total of three budget lines since the program contains two separate parts.) (b) Suppose that the government chose the...
A worker receives a wage rate w and has L hours of leisure every day (the...
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Question 2: in the figure below you can find two budget constraints and two indifference curves...
Question 2: in the figure below you can find two budget constraints and two indifference curves for Dan. Initially, Dan's hourly wage is $10, and he chooses bundle A on IC1, and enjoys 13 hours of leisure. When the wage increases to $12, he prefers bundle B on IC2, and enjoys 11 hours of leisure In a manner similar to Figure 2.7 on page 27 of the textbook, draw the income effect and substitution effect for leisure when the wage...
(10) A person earns a wage $10 per hour and has 100 hours per week to...
(10) A person earns a wage $10 per hour and has 100 hours per week to allocate between leisure and work. At the $10 wage, the person chooses to consume 65 hours of leisure per week. a. Draw the labor-leisure graph showing the situation described above. Make sure to label all intercepts, axis, and relevant slopes in your graph. b.The wage increases to $15 per hour. Assume the substitution effect exceeds the income effect. Show on your graph whether the person works more...
A worker's preferences over consumption (c) and leisure (l) can be represented by U(cl) = cl....
A worker's preferences over consumption (c) and leisure (l) can be represented by U(cl) = cl. The price of consumption is given by p = 1 and the wage by w=1 (a) Suppose we measure leisure in hours per day such that the maximum value I can take is 24. Let's represent hours worked by h; then we have h = 24-1. Write the Budget Constraint of this worker in terms of c and l. (b) Explain briefly why w/p...
Leisure-labour choice 1. Mr. Cog works in a machine factory. He can work as many hours per day as he wishes at a wa...
Leisure-labour choice 1. Mr. Cog works in a machine factory. He can work as many hours per day as he wishes at a wage rate of w. Let C be the number of dollars he spends on consumer goods and let R be the number of hours of leisure that he chooses. (a) Mr. Cog earns $8 an hour and has 18 hours per day to devote to labor or leisure, and he has $16 of nonlabor income per day....
Suppose that you can earn $16 per hour before taxes and can work up to 80...
Suppose that you can earn $16 per hour before taxes and can work up to 80 hours per week. Consider two income tax rates, 10% and 20%. a. On the same diagram, draw the two weekly consumption-leisure budget constraints reflecting the two different tax rates. b. Draw a set of representative indifference curves such that the income effect of the tax increase outweighs the substitution effect. c. Draw a set of representative indifference curves such that the substitution effect of...
A person chooses between leisure and consumption. All of their consumption comes from current income. The...
A person chooses between leisure and consumption. All of their consumption comes from current income. The utility derived from any combination of leisure and consumption is given by U- YL-88Y where U is utility, L is the hours of leisure per week and Yis the number of dollars of income all of which will be spent on consumption. The person can work as many hours as they wish during the week at a constant wage of $4 per hour. There...
(6) Geo's utility function is described as LeY, where Le is hours of leisure per day,...
(6) Geo's utility function is described as LeY, where Le is hours of leisure per day, and Y is disposable income per day. Geo is employed in a job with a wage of $20 per hour and has 10 hours per day that he can spend in either working or leisure. His income from working is his only source of disposable income. He does not receive any non-wage income Geo can work as many hours as he chooses, up to...
On a separate sheet of paper, draw a labor-leisure diagram with consumption ($) on the vertical...
On a separate sheet of paper, draw a labor-leisure diagram with consumption ($) on the vertical axis, and hours of leisure on the horizontal axis. Assume there are 16 discretionary hours in a day, and that wage is $20 per hour, and unearned income, V, is $100. Draw the budget constraint for a day, labeling the endpoints, and draw a utility maximizing indifference curve. Label approximate hours of leisure, labor, and earnings at the optimal point (choose numbers that appear...
3. Suppose you have 24 hours to allocate between leisure and working at $10 an hour. One day the government simultaneously institutes a new program consisting of two policies: a 50% income tax and a plan whereby everybody in the country receives a gift from the government of $60 a day. (a) Draw the two budget lines (you may draw a total of three budget lines since the program contains two separate parts.) (b) Suppose that the government chose the...
Question 2: in the figure below you can find two budget constraints and two indifference curves for Dan. Initially, Dan's hourly wage is $10, and he chooses bundle A on IC1, and enjoys 13 hours of leisure. When the wage increases to $12, he prefers bundle B on IC2, and enjoys 11 hours of leisure In a manner similar to Figure 2.7 on page 27 of the textbook, draw the income effect and substitution effect for leisure when the wage...
A worker's preferences over consumption (c) and leisure (l) can be represented by U(cl) = cl. The price of consumption is given by p = 1 and the wage by w=1 (a) Suppose we measure leisure in hours per day such that the maximum value I can take is 24. Let's represent hours worked by h; then we have h = 24-1. Write the Budget Constraint of this worker in terms of c and l. (b) Explain briefly why w/p...
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A person chooses between leisure and consumption. All of their consumption comes from current income. The utility derived from any combination of leisure and consumption is given by U- YL-88Y where U is utility, L is the hours of leisure per week and Yis the number of dollars of income all of which will be spent on consumption. The person can work as many hours as they wish during the week at a constant wage of $4 per hour. There...
(6) Geo's utility function is described as LeY, where Le is hours of leisure per day, and Y is disposable income per day. Geo is employed in a job with a wage of $20 per hour and has 10 hours per day that he can spend in either working or leisure. His income from working is his only source of disposable income. He does not receive any non-wage income Geo can work as many hours as he chooses, up to...
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