Construction workers in the town of Cortland, NY have Cobb-Douglas utility for labor and consumption, UL=(20-L)C, MRS=C20-L where L is the number of hours of labor supplied in a day and C is the dollar amount of consumption goods purchased with wage income (pc=$1 ). R=20-L is the number of hours of leisure that the worker has during the day. Derive the labor supply function for workers in Cortland. Draw the labor supply curve on a graph with L on the horizontal axis and w on the vertical axis.
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- Construction workers in the town of Cortland, NY have Cobb-Douglas utility for labor and consumption,
UL=(20-L)C,
MRS=C20-L
where L is the number of hours of labor supplied in a day and C is the dollar amount of consumption goods purchased with wage income (pc=$1 ). R=20-L is the number of hours of leisure that the worker has during the day.
- Derive the labor supply function for workers in Cortland.
- Draw the labor supply curve on a graph with L on the horizontal axis and w on the vertical axis.
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