In: Economics
If workers are mobile and well informed about the compensation packages available at different firms, the mandated provision of employment benefits (e.g., health insurance) will tend to
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make all workers worse off. |
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b. |
make all firms worse off. |
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make workers worse off if the reduction in wages that is necessary for firms to provide the benefits exceed what workers are willing to pay for the benefits. |
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make all workers better off. |
What should be the effect on labor supply of reducing marginal income tax rates while keeping the total taxes paid by a worker constant?
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Hours supplied should go up if the substitution effect dominates the income effect. |
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Hours supplied will go down, |
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Hours supplied stay the same. |
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d. |
Hours supplied should go up. |
Answer 1 ( c) make workers worse off if the reduction in wages that is necessary for firms to provide the benefits exceed what workers are willing to pay for the benefits.
Answer 2 (d) Hours supplied should go up