2. Both transfer programs and taxes affect incentives. Consider a program designed to help the poor that

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2. Both transfer programs and taxes affect incentives. Consider a program designed to help the poor that promises each aid recipient a minimum income of $10,000. That is, if the recipient earns less than $10,000, the program supplements his income by enough to bring him up to $10,000. Explain why this program would adversely affect incentives for low-wage recipients. (Hint: Show that this program is equivalent to giving the recipient $10,000, then taxing his labor income at a high marginal rate.) Describe a transfer program that contains better incentives. Would that program have any disadvantages? If so, what would they be?

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 126164

8th Edition

Authors: Andrew B. Abel, Ben Bernanke, Dean Croushore

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