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- A321. Let U=x 2 +y 2 is the utility function of a worker who has 10 hours that to be allocatedbetween labour supply (L) and leisure (x). Let y is a consumption good whose price is 1.Wage rate (w) is Rs 1 and non-wage income is 20. Find out L.a) 10 b) 0 c) 5 d) 8 e) none 22. On the basis of the above question, hen w=0 and non-wage income is 40, find out L.a) 10 b) 0 c) 5 d) 8 e) noneConsider a Sraffa system that describes production with a surplus. Assume that the whole of the wage is variable. The number of commodities in the system is ?. Some are non-basic commodities. . State the economic meaning of the viability condition and express it mathematically. . Assume that the viability condition is satisfied and the rate of profit is given exogenously at a level that is lower than the maximum rate of profit. Explain, with the help of the relevant theorem, why the solution for prices must be nonnegative. NOTE: You need to use only three equations, one for specifying the numeraire, the second for expressing the final solution of the price equations, and third for expressing the condition for nonnegative prices.
- Consider the following model of labour supply. There is a representative worker with the following utility function: U(C,L) = C + 3L The budget constraint and time constraint are: C = wh + V h = T – L where w = 1,V = 500,T = 100. The notation is the same as question 1. a) Calculate the optimal leisure and consumption. b) Explain why we usually do not use this type of utility function to model the labour supply.Problem 4 Consider the leisure demand/labor supply model studied in class, and let the consumer have a spccific utility function U(N, Y) = N2/3y!/3. As in lecture, let the price of consumption be normalized to 1, and let w denote the wage. (a) Say that w = 10. What are the optimal N* and Y*? How many hours does the agent work? Draw a sketch to illustrate this situation. (b) Solve for the general demand functions N(w) and Y(w) as a function of the wage, as well as the labor supply function H(w). Calculate the elasticity of labor supply with respect to the wage, w. Do you notice anything special about this particular example? (c) Say the wage rises to some w' > w. What is the change in leisure demand N(w)? Carefully draw a sketch that decomposes this into an income effect and a substitution effect. (d) Sketch the labor supply function. (e) Let H(w) be the labor supply as a function of the (take-home) wage w. Say now that the government imposes an income tax of a. Let T(a) denote the…This question will analyze the impact on a person's labour supply from a shock to their partner's job. Assume leisure is a normal good. Let's assume Vanessa has a wage rate of $20 per hour. Recently her partner, Bill, had to take a wage cut at work, with his wage falling from $45 per hour to $30 per hour, but allowed them to continue working 40 hours per week. Analyze the decision of the household over choice consumption and Vanessa's leisure, taking Bill's hours as given (constant).
- √N. The 3. Suppose that the production function of an economy is given by Y = (representative) firm hires workers (N) at a wage rate w. Assume that the firm maximizes profits by choosing how much to produce and how many workers (hours) to hire. (Remember that the profit function is Y - WN.) = The representative consumer has preferences given by the utility function U(-) = log (c) + log (l), with a marginal rate of substitution given by c/l, where c is consumption and I is the leisure time. The endowment of time of an individual is 24, which has to be allocated between labor and leisure. (Recall that N + 1 = 24.) a. Derive an expression for the labor demand function. b. Derive an expression for the labor supply function. c. Compute the equilibrium wage rate and the equilibrium quantity of labor employed. d. Consider a technical improvement of the production process that determines a new production function Y = 2√N. Compute the new equilibrium quantity of labor and wage rate. e. Draw a…Consider 5 workers who care about their consumption and continuous job satisfaction J.Their preferences are described by the utility function U(C,J) = 2C + J. There are 5 firms thatare producing the output using the production function Q(J,L) = L√20 − J1. What are the marginal rate of substitution between consumption and job satisfaction andthe marginal rate of transformation between wages and job satisfaction?2. What are the equilibrium levels of wage and job satisfaction?3. What is the slope of the wage-job satisfaction locus?Consider worker 1 with non-labour income Y facing a wage offer w and a utility functiondefined over consumption and leisureU(c,l) = lnC + 4lnl1) Compare worker 1 with worker 2 whose utility function is described by U(c,l) = cl. Whichworker places a higher value on labour market work?12) Suppose the worker participates in the labour market. Derive worker’s compensated laborsupply function and the compensated labour supply elasticity with respect to wage as a functionof utility level and wage.3) Derive worker’s uncompensated labour supply function (for labour market participants andnon-participants) and the uncompensated labour supply elasticity (for labor market participants)with respect to wage as a function of non-labour income and wage.4) Derive worker’s income elasticity. Is leisure a normal or inferior good for this worker?5) Provide the functional form of the income effect from a marginal decrease in income.6) Provide the functional form of the substitution and total income…
- A. Consider a consumer whose preferences can be represented by Cobb-Douglas utility function u(x₁, x₂) = xx where ₁ and 2 are the quantities of good 1 and good 2 she consumes. Let p₁ and p2 be the prices of good 1 and good 2 and let m denote her income. 1. Derive the consumer's Marshallian demand functions. 2. Derive the consumer's Hicksian demand functions. 3. Derive the consumer's expenditure function. 4. Let m = 20, P₁ = 2, and p2 = 1. Suppose that the price of good 1 drops to p₁ = 1. Find the following (a) Compensating variation (CV) (b) Equivalent variation (EV) (c) Change in consumer surplus (ACS) (d) Compare CV, ACS, and EV. 5. Let m = 120, P₁ = 1, and p2 = 1. Suppose that the price of good 1 increases to P₁ = 2. Find the following (a) Compensating variation (CV) (b) Equivalent variation (EV) (c) Change in consumer surplus (ACS) (d) Compare CV, ACS, and EV.Question You are the manager of a firm and you are required to optimize the Cobb Douglas function given the following parameters. The maximum amount of money available is$1600 where the price of K = 12 and the price of L=6. That is PK=12 and PL=6. The function is given as q=K0.4+L0.6. What is the constraint equation? a. none of the above b. 12K - 6L = 1600 c. 12K/6L = 1600 d. 12K+6L=1600Suppose that following represents the utility function of the individual U(c,l)=log(c)+log(l) c = consumption level of the individual and l = leisure, while the market wage is 10 and available time is 20. 1) Find and draw the labor supply function. 2) Suppose that the government introduces a cash grant for the labor (who is in the labor force) in the amount of R. Find and draw the labor supply function? Compare it to the labor supply function you have found in a). 3) Discuss the existence of reservation wage in the settings described in a and b? If your answer is : “there are no reservation wages under those settings”, please introduce a change in the policy described in b) to make sure that the reservation wage would exist.