A Relatively High Base Income in a Cash Assistance Program

question 187

Multiple Choice

A relatively high base income in a cash assistance program

• A) reduces the incentive to work.
• B) increases the incentive to work.
• C) does not affect the incentive to work.
• D) will reduce the incentive to work through the substitution effect but will increase the incentive to work through the income effect.

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