Microeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915727
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17.3, Problem 1QQ
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Does people work more or less in the increasing wage sector.
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There have been suggestions that the "work ethic" in the U.S. has declined. The claim is that, as a result, people are choosing to work fewer hours (at a given wage rate and level of unearned income) than did individuals in the past. This can be indicated by changes in individuals' indifference curves. Show such a change in indifference curves on graph with the consumption good on the Y-axis and leisure on the X-axis. How does the slope of the indifference curve change at a given level of leisure? (It may be useful to draw a simple budget constraint to indicate the change in hours of work.)
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Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 1QQCh. 17.3 - Prob. 2QQCh. 17.3 - Prob. 3QQCh. 17.3 - Prob. 4QQCh. 17.A - Prob. 1ADQCh. 17.A - Prob. 2ADQCh. 17.A - Prob. 3ADQCh. 17.A - Prob. 4ADQCh. 17.A - Prob. 1ARQCh. 17.A - Prob. 2ARQ
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