Recall Application 2, "More Disability, Less Unemployment?" to Answer the Following

question 136

Multiple Choice

Recall Application 2, "More Disability, Less Unemployment?" to answer the following questions:
-According to the application, changes in the federal Disability Insurance program:

• A) decreased the number of elderly adults receiving benefits from the program.
• B) decreased the number of non- elderly adults receiving benefits from the program.
• C) increased the number of elderly adults receiving benefits from the program.
• D) increased the number of non- elderly adults receiving benefits from the program.

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Definitions:

Pollution

The occurrence or release of harmful or toxic materials into the environment.

External Costs

Costs that are not borne by the parties to a transaction but are imposed on others, such as pollution affecting non-participants.

Output

The amount of goods or services produced by a company, industry, or economy in a given period.

Marginal Social Benefit

The additional benefit to society from one more unit of a good or service being produced and consumed.