Question 13Bruce is a single father with 1 child. He can work as a bagger at the localgrocery store for $7 per hour up to 1,200 hours per year. He is eligible forwelfare, and if he does not earn any income, he will receive $15,000 ayear. If Bruce works, the government policy is to deduct 60 cents fromhis welfare stipend for every $1 that he earns in income. With this policyin place, if Bruce works 600 hours, his income will be----Hint: Think through what different components will contribute to incomein this scenario.O $16,440O $16,680O $15,000O $3,600Question 14When people have insurance against a certain event, the notion thatthose people are less likely to guard against that event occurring is calledO moral riskO moral hazardO hazard riskO risk

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Suppose the government introduced a child benefit equal to $7000 per year. For every dollar earned by the family, the benefit amount is reduced by 7 cents. At what level of earnings will the family no longer receive a child benefit?
Define Entitlements.
Please answer 1, 2, and 3! Susan is a single mother with three children. She can earn $8 per hour and works up to 2,000 hours per year. However, if she does not earn any income at all, she will receive government benefits totaling $16,000 per year. For every $1 of income she earns, her level of government support will be reduced by $1. The table below is patterned after Table 15.8 from the text. Number of Work Hours Earnings from Work Government Benefits Total Income 2000 $16,000 $0 $16,000 1600 $16,000 1200 $16,000 800 $16,000 400 $3200 $12,800 $16,000 0 $0 $16,000 $16,000 Complete the table. Is this program an example of a poverty trap? Explain your answer. If this program is an example of a poverty trap, how can this program be altered to avoid this problem?
Brad Edwards is earning $36,000 a year in a city located in the Midwest. He is interviewing for a position in a city with a cost of living 18 percent higher than where he currently lives. What is the minimum salary Brad would need at his new job to maintain the same standard of living?
What trends have contributed to work/life programs? How do work/life programs help employees and organizations?
Aviva's pay stub shows gross earnings of $349.05 for a week. Her regular rate of pay is $7.80 per hour for a 35-hour week and overtime is paid at time and one-half regular pay. How many hours did she work?
Ben enjoys doing volunteer work very much. During weekends, he often goes to the community center next to his home. He treasures the time doing volunteer work and considers it worth $305. He does not need to spend any money on transportation as he can walk to the community center and no other cost will incur if he does the volunteer work. If he does not go to the community center, he can use the same amount of time working as a private teacher and earning $450. The job as a private teacher is unpleasant to him. He is not willing to do the teaching job unless he is paid at least $X. If Ben finally decided to go to the community center, the value of X must be larger than or equal to [Answer]. (In decimal numbers, with two decimal places, please.)
What makes the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) different from other poverty-fighting programs? The amount of the credit is doubled if the head of household is attending college. The tax credit is phased out gradually, rather than at a specific income cutoff point. The amount of the credit is not determined by the number of dependent children in the household. The EITC doesn't require the recipient to pay a minimum amount of income tax in order to receive the credit. It creates less of an incentive to work than other programs.
Evaluate whether each statement is true or false and provide a one- or two- sentence explanation for your answer. 7. The ACA’s employer mandate says that the only reason employers with more than 50 employees would receive a penalty is if they do not offer health insurance coverage to their employees. 8. The ACA required that all states expand Medicaid eligibility to all nonelderly individuals who earned below 138% of the federal poverty line. 9. The ACA resulted in a large decrease in the rate of people without insurance in the US; this decline primarily came from people gaining insurance through Medicaid expansion
2. The population of Tatoonia is very small. Luis works full-time for pay. Robin works one shift a week as counter help at a fast-food restaurant. Sheila is retired. Shawna does not work for pay, but is thinking about getting a job and has been looking through employment postings to see what is available. Bob has given up looking for work, after months of not finding anything. Ana, the only child in the country, is 12 years old. a. How would a household survey, following U.S. methods, classify each person? b. What is the labor force participation rate in Tatoonia? c. What is the unemployment rate in Tatoonia?

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