combined production function

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Chapter3: Scarcity, Trade-offs, And Production Possibilities
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Figure shows the combined production function of Angela and Bruno.

If the government introduces a new social welfare program to cater to the poor of the society, wherein the reservation wage increases from 2 bushels of wheat to 6 bushels of wheat how would you model the situation? Draw a new diagram to show the impact of this welfare program and comment on who do you think would benefit from this intervention? Additionally, does the outcome of this intervention results in an allocation which is a pareto efficient one? Explain your reasoning. 
(Please Make sure your diagram is fully labelled)

Angela's biological Angela's reservation
survival constraint indifference curve
12
9
4.5
D
B
What
Feasible frontier:
Angela gets
Angela and Bruno
combined
13 16
24
Angela's hours of free time
Bushels of grain
Transcribed Image Text:Angela's biological Angela's reservation survival constraint indifference curve 12 9 4.5 D B What Feasible frontier: Angela gets Angela and Bruno combined 13 16 24 Angela's hours of free time Bushels of grain
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