A worker values her leisure time at $7 per hour. She is offered work on a public

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A worker values her leisure time at $7 per hour. She is offered work on a public project at a wage of $22 per hour, but if she accepts she will forfeit unemployment benefits equivalent to $13 per hour. Identify:

i the private opportunity cost of her time;

ii the social opportunity cost of her time;

iii the employment benefit to the economy per hour of her time on the project;

iv the portion of the employment benefit accruing to the government.

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Cost Benefit Analysis

ISBN: 9781032320755

3rd Edition

Authors: Harry F. Campbell, Richard P.C. Brown

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