Figure 14.1 A Consumer's Original Utility Maximizing Combination of Income and Leisure

question 11

Multiple Choice

Figure 14.1
A consumer's original utility maximizing combination of income and leisure is shown in the diagram above as point A. After a wage increase, the consumer's utility maximizing combination changes to point C.
-Refer to Figure 14.1. The substitution effect of the wage increase on the amount of hours of leisure is:

• A) L₁ to L₀
• B) L₁ to L₂.
• C) L₀ to L₂.
• D) L₀ to L₁.
• E) none of the above

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