Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305506893
Author: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 11CQ
To determine

Fairness of income distribution.

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How do factor endowments affect personal income? Examine different provisions employed by the government in dealing with inequality in the distribution of income.
Use the information above to help answer these last two questions Would this transfer increase, decrease, or have no effect on income inequality in this group? Redistributing income from the highest earner to the lowest one would reduce the utility of the top earner and increase the utility of the lowest earner. But what would happen to overall utility in the economy? Would it increase, decrease, or remain the same? Explain your answer. (Hint: does the marginal utility of income diminish as one earns more?)
Using the diagram above, which of the following is true? a. In country S the poorest 30 percent of the population receive 13 percent of the available income in country S. b. In country T the richest 10 percent of the population receive 23 percent of the available income in country T. c. In country S the richest 10 percent of the population receive 55 percent of the available income in country S. d. Country S has a more equal distribution of income than does country T. e. None of the above is true.
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