1. Brunhilde earns $50 per hour in the paid labor market, and can produce 50 units worth of home output per hour. She has received proposals of marriage from two handsome suitors: Gunther and Siegfried. These fine young men are clones of each other, identical in all respects (appearance, personality, etc.) except market and home productivity, which are as shown below: suitor market productivity home productivity Gunther $50 $60 50 Siegfried 20 Brunhilde has two essential requirements for her marriage: she wants to spend some of her time producing output in the home; and she wants to enjoy at least some gains from specialization. Given these requirements, whom should she marry: Gunther, or Siegfried? Explain your answer. (Be sure to say not only which man is “Mr. Right," but also why the other man won't meet Brunhilde's requirements.)
1. Brunhilde earns $50 per hour in the paid labor market, and can produce 50 units worth of home output per hour. She has received proposals of marriage from two handsome suitors: Gunther and Siegfried. These fine young men are clones of each other, identical in all respects (appearance, personality, etc.) except market and home productivity, which are as shown below: suitor market productivity home productivity Gunther $50 $60 50 Siegfried 20 Brunhilde has two essential requirements for her marriage: she wants to spend some of her time producing output in the home; and she wants to enjoy at least some gains from specialization. Given these requirements, whom should she marry: Gunther, or Siegfried? Explain your answer. (Be sure to say not only which man is “Mr. Right," but also why the other man won't meet Brunhilde's requirements.)
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