If a Workfare Program Faces a Fixed Budget Limit,B,then Total

question 5

Multiple Choice

If a workfare program faces a fixed budget limit,B,then total program costs are largely fixed in advance and policy analysts may wish to ask: How many workers are likely to obtain employment through the program? If program administrators have set the program wage w and the target ratio n of non-wage to wage costs,then the budget will finance the creation of roughly _______worker-days of employment.

• A) B x [w(1+n)]
• B) B/[w(n)]
• C) B/[w(1+n)]
• D) [w(1+n)] /B

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