The government has decided it wants to make Peter better off. It is deciding whether to give him a lump sum grant or to subsidize his hourly wages. Show in a diagram that:
a. If both interventions make Peter equally well off, the lump
sum grant will reduce Peter’s labor supply by more than the wage
subsidy.
b. Under the lump sum grant, Peter can be made just as well off as
under the wage subsidy at a lower total cost to the government.
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