Suppose a project will require 4000 local labour hours at the construction stage. Assume it can hire 40 % of labour who would otherwise be unemployed and 60% of labour will be sourced from elsewhere in the economy. The market wage of labour is $45 per hour while the leisure time for unemployed labour is measured at $20 per hour. Match the following values you would use in the CBA: - Total labour cost (market price) - Total labour cost (shadow price) - Total net employment - Total opportunity cost of labour
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Suppose a project will require 4000 local labour hours at the construction stage. Assume it can hire 40 % of labour who would otherwise be
Total labour cost (market price) -
Total labour cost (shadow price) -
Total net employment -
Total opportunity cost of labour
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