Consider worker 1 with non-labour income Y facing a wage offer w and a utility function defined over consumption and leisure U(c,l) = lnC + 4lnl 1) Provide the functional form of the income effect from a marginal decrease in income. 2) Provide the functional form of the substitution and total income effects of a marginal increase in wage. 3) Show that the Slutsky equation holds for this worker.

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