Chapter 15: Q.30 (page 378)
What goods and services would you include in an
estimate of the basic necessities for a family of four?
Short Answer
Food, water, shelter, cloths and transportation
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Chapter 15: Q.30 (page 378)
What goods and services would you include in an
estimate of the basic necessities for a family of four?
Food, water, shelter, cloths and transportation
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Who are the near-poor?
Suppose there are two possible income distributions in a society of ten people. In the first distribution, nine people would have incomes of \(30,000 and one person would have an income of \)10,000. In the second distribution, all ten people would have incomes of $25,000.
a. If the society had the first income distribution, what would be the utilitarian argument for redistributing income?
b. Which income distribution would Rawls consider more equitable? Explain.
c. Which income distribution would Nozick consider more equitable? Explain.
Consider two of the income security programs in the United States: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
a. When a woman with Children and very low income earns an extra dollar, she receives less in TANF benefits. What do you think is the effect of this feature of TANF on the labor-supply of low-income women? Explain.
b. The EITC proves greater benefits as low-income workers earn more income (up to a point). What do you think is the effect of this program on the labor-supply of low-income individuals? Explain.
c. What are the disadvantages of eliminating TANF and allocating the savings to EITC?
We have discovered that the welfare system discourages recipients from working because the more income they earn, the less welfare benefits they receive. How does the earned income tax credit attempt to loosen the poverty trap?
Imagine that the government reworks the welfare policy that was affecting Jonathan in question 1, so that for each dollar someone like Jonathan earns at work, his government benefits diminish by only 30 cents. Reconstruct the table
from question 1 to account for this change in policy. Draw Jonathan’s labor-leisure opportunity sets, both for before
this welfare program is enacted and after it is enacted.
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