If older workers have a tax elasticity of labor supply equal to 0.20, by how much will their work activity decline when they reach the Social Security earnings test limit? (Recall that the Social Security earnings test limit is 50 percent. Assume explicit taxes of 20 percent below that limit. Use the midpoint method.) Instructions: Enter your response as a positive percent rounded to one decimal place. Do not include a negative sign (-) with your answer.

If older workers have a tax elasticity of labor supply equal to 0.20, by how much will their work activity decline when they reach the Social Security earnings test limit? (Recall that the Social Security earnings test limit is 50 percent. Assume explicit taxes of 20 percent below that limit. Use the midpoint method.) Instructions: Enter your response as a positive percent rounded to one decimal place. Do not include a negative sign (-) with your answer.

Microeconomics: Principles & Policy

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Author:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, John L. Solow

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Chapter20: Poverty, Inequality, And Discrimination

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