-The Table Above Shows the Aggregate Production Function in the Economy

question 41

Essay

-The table above shows the aggregate production function in the economy of Prescottia. The people of Prescottia pay no taxes and are willing to work 248 million hours a year for a real wage rate of $8 an hour, and for each dollar increase in the real wage, they are willing to work 4 million additional hours per year.
a)Draw the economy's aggregate production function.

b)Prescottia's demand for labor schedule is in the table above. Draw Prescottia's demand for labor and supply of labor curves.
c)What are the economy's full-employment quantity of labor and real wage rate? What is the country's potential GDP?
d)Suppose that Prescottia's government introduces a 25 percent income tax. Using your graph, what happens to the demand for labor? What happens to the supply of labor? Explain.
e)After the tax is imposed, what happens to Prescottia's full-employment quantity of labor? What happens to Prescottia's potential GDP?

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Definitions:

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly incorporated into a finished product and can be directly traced to that product.

Traditional Format Income Statements

A type of financial statement that presents the revenues, expenses, and profits or losses of a company over a specific period, formatted in a conventional manner.

Factory Supervisor

An individual responsible for overseeing the operations and workers in a factory, ensuring production targets and quality standards are met.

Wages

Payments made to employees for their labour or services, typically calculated on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.