If Welfare Benefits Equaled the Poverty Gap for Each Household

question 73

Multiple Choice

If welfare benefits equaled the poverty gap for each household in poverty,then

• A)Work effort would increase.
• B)Production possibilities would expand.
• C)Poverty would be eliminated.

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