Consider an overlapping generations model. Suppose population grows at a 2% rate, and wage grows at a 6% rate. Generation 2 has 500 people, who have an average salary of $30,000, and everyone pays 8% of their income to generation 1.   What is the total amount generation 2 pays to generation 1? If generation 3 pays generation 2 the same dollar amount gen- eration 2 paid generation 1, what percentage of their income do they pay?

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Consider an overlapping generations model. Suppose population grows at a 2% rate, and wage grows at a 6% rate. Generation 2 has 500 people, who have an average salary of $30,000, and everyone pays 8% of their income to generation 1.

 

  1. What is the total amount generation 2 pays to generation 1?
  2. If generation 3 pays generation 2 the same dollar amount gen-
    eration 2 paid generation 1, what percentage of their income do
    they pay?
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