As Part of Its Welfare to Work Program, the Georgia

question 43

Essay

As part of its Welfare to Work program, the Georgia legislature has allocated $28,800,000 to a new program designed to get skilled and unskilled workers off welfare.Unskilled workers would be paid $7.20 per hour whereas skilled workers would be paid $12.00 per hour under this program.The goals of the program are: (1) to generate at least 2,000,000 man-hours of work;(2) having at least as many skilled hours as unskilled hours; and, (3) utilize no more than 800,000 skilled hours (beyond that it will be "make work".)
A.Formulate this problem as a preemptive goal programming model.
B.What is the optimal allocation of hours for this situation.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that influences actions in a way that causes the belief to become true.

Actor/Observer Bias

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing other people's behaviors to their internal characteristics.

Ingroup/Outgroup Bias

The tendency to favor individuals within our group while being prejudiced against or hostile toward those in other groups.