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question 249

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: Joanna's Time Allocation Budget Line
-(Figure: Joanna's Time Allocation Budget Line) Joanna's Time Allocation Budget Line depicts what happens when she can choose how to spend 40 hours. If Joanna's wage rate increases and she ends up working more hours, for her:

• A) the substitution effect dominates.
• B) the income effect dominates.
• C) the substitution and income effects cancel each other out.
• D) the substitution effect becomes ineffective.

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Definitions:

Cash Balance Plans

A type of pension plan where an employer credits a participant's account with a set percentage of their yearly compensation plus interest charges.

Defined-benefit Plans

Retirement plans in which an employer promises a specified pension payment upon retirement, based on the employee's earnings history, tenure of service, and age.

Defined-contribution Plans

A type of retirement plan where an employer, employee, or both make contributions on a regular basis, but future benefits depend on the investment's performance.

Employee Compensation

The total amount of monetary and non-monetary pay provided to an employee by an employer in return for work performed.