Because Income depends on work effort and work effort depends on nutrition, suppose the relationship between income (Y) and total food availability (F) in a poor household is given by: Y = 10F + 20F2 – 0.6F3
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Because Income depends on work effort and work effort depends on nutrition, suppose the relationship between income (Y) and total food availability (F) in a poor household is given by:
Y = 10F + 20F2 – 0.6F3
a) If food availability in a two-person household is 20, would it be “rational” to share the food? Explain.
b) If food availability in a two-person household is 30, would it be “rational” to share the food? Explain.
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- Because Income depends on work effort and work effort depends on nutrition, suppose the relationship between income (Y) and total food availability (F) in a poor household is given by: Y = 10F + 20F2 – 0.6F3 a) If food availability in a two-person household is 20, would it be “rational” to share the food? Explain. b) If food availability in a two-person household is 30, would it be “rational” to share the food? Explain.Assume you can work as many hours you wish at £12 per hour (net of tax). If you do not work, you have no income. You have no ability to borrow or lend, so your consumption, c, is simply equal to your income. Assume that your optimal choice of consumption and leisure is to work 8 hours per day. Illustrate this choice diagrammatically using the feasible set and indifference curves.President Vladimir Putin of Russia proposed replacing in-kind subsidies such as free public transportation and rent-free apartments for government workers with cash subsidies of between $20 and $120 per month. The proposal led to widespread complaints among Russian citizens that the cash subsidies were not large enough. One reportedly asked, “What is a perk worth?” Use an indifference curve analysis to show how to convert an in-kind subsidy into a cash subsidy that leaves people equally well off.
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- Q11. Consider a utility function: U (F,C) = FC so MU_F = C and MU_C = F. Suppose as Case A, Total income is $120 and per unit prices of Food (F) and Cloth (C) are $2 and $10, respectively. a. What is the value of MRS at the optimal point and what does this value mean? b. What is the optimal consumption bundle i.e (F*,C*)? c. Plot the budget line and clearly depict the point of optimality in the F (x-axis)-C (y-axis) space.The utility function of a certain consumer is U =(x1,x2)= x11/3 x22/3 , x 1and x 2 is the consumption of two kinds of goods, and the consumer's income is 100. The current prices of the two kinds of goods are P 1 =1 and P 2=2 respectively, ask: 1. If the price of the first commodity increases from 1 to 2, and other factors remain unchanged, what is the total effect of the price increase on the consumption of the first commodity? According to the Slutsky decomposition principle, what are the income effect and substitution effect? 2. Calculate the amount of income compensation that changes the price of the first commodity from 1 to 2, keeping the original effect unchangedSuppose there is a new preventative treatment for a common disease. If you take the preventative treatment, it reduces the average amount of time you spend sick by 10%. The optimal combination of Z (home goods) and H (health goods) _____. Suppose there is a new preventative treatment for a common disease. If you take the preventative treatment, it reduces the average amount of time you spend sick by 10%. The optimal combination of Z (home goods) and H (health goods) _____. a. both may decrease b. H may increase; Z may not change c. both may increase or one may stay the same while the other increases. d. Z may increase; H may decrease e. both may increase
- If the social welfare function produces concave social welfare indifference curves, social welfare can be increased by reallocating income between households if their marginal utilities of income differ. TRUE OR FALSEQ12. Consider a utility function: U (F,C) = FC so MU_F = C and MU_C = F.Suppose as Case X, Total income is $100 and per unit prices of Food (F) and Cloth (C) are $2 and $15, respectively. a. What is the value of MRS at the optimal point and what does this value mean? b. What is the optimal consumption bundle i.e (F*,C*)? c. Plot the budget line and clearly depict the point of optimality in the F (x-axis)-C (y-axis) space.A consumer is currently purchasing three pairs of jeans and five T-shirts per year. The price of jeans is $60, and shirts cost $10. At the current rate of consumption, the marginal utility of jeans is 240, and the marginal utility of shirts is 30. Based on the model of consumer choice, what should this consumer do to maximize utility? Purchase fewer shirts and more jeans. Purchase more shirts and fewer jeans. Purchase only jeans. This consumer is already maximizing utility. Purchase only shirts.