Assume That Jill Is a Single Parent Who Is in Poverty

question 80

Multiple Choice

Assume that Jill is a single parent who is in poverty. She receives food stamps and Medicaid. For every $100 that she earns, Jill loses $20 of her food stamp benefits and $15 in her Medicaid benefits. Jill's implicit marginal tax rate from these two programs is

• A) 20 percent.
• B) 30 percent.
• C) 35 percent.
• D) 45 percent.

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Definitions:

Push Production

A manufacturing process where products are made based on predicted demand and pushed to the market, as opposed to being pulled by actual demand.

Just-In-Time

A production strategy that aims to reduce times within the production system as well as response times from suppliers and to customers by receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process, thereby reducing inventory costs.

Work in Process Inventory

Items that are in the process of being manufactured but are not yet complete, often tracked for cost accounting purposes.

Cost of Goods Sold

The straight costs associated with producing the goods that a company sells, which include labor and materials.