DrJ Has 80 Hours Per Week to Divide Between Work

question 28

Multiple Choice

Dr.J has 80 hours per week to divide between work and leisure.His wage rate if $5 per hour.Dr.J receives a lump sum payment of $100 per week.Suppose that the first $50 per week of his labor income is untaxed, but all labor income above $50 is taxed at a rate of 70%.

• A)Dr.J's budget line has a kink in it at the point where he takes 80 units of leisure.
• B)Dr.J's budget line has a kink where his income is $150 and his leisure is 70 hours.
• C)The slope of Dr.J's budget line is everywhere -1.50.
• D)Dr.J's budget line has no kinks in the part of it that corresponds to a positive labor supply.
• E)Dr.J's budget line has a piece that is a horizontal straight line.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

A psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more conflicting cognitions (ideas, beliefs, values, or emotional reactions).

Collective Unconscious

A concept in Jungian psychology referring to the part of the unconscious mind shared among beings of the same species, housing archetypes.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, thereby influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Shaping

Shaping is a method of behavior modification that uses reinforcement strategies to guide a subject towards a desired behavior gradually.