If older workers have a tax elasticity of labor supply equal to 0.55, by how much will their work activity decline when they reach the Social Security earnings test limit (i.e.. wage ceiling)? Recall that the Social Security earnings test limit says that Social Security benefits will be reduced by 50 cents for every additional $1 earned after the wage ceiling. Instructions: Enter your response as a positive percentage rounded to one decimal place. Do not include a negative sign with your answer

If older workers have a tax elasticity of labor supply equal to 0.55, by how much will their work activity decline when they reach the Social Security earnings test limit (i.e.. wage ceiling)? Recall that the Social Security earnings test limit says that Social Security benefits will be reduced by 50 cents for every additional $1 earned after the wage ceiling. Instructions: Enter your response as a positive percentage rounded to one decimal place. Do not include a negative sign with your answer

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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