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dejastew

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How does the labor-leisure trade-off determine the supply of labor?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Refer to Figure 5-3. The deadweight loss due to the externality is represented by the area
 
  A) nso. B) mso. C) msn. D) mtn.



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Answer to Question 1

Non-work activities are labeled leisure. Time that is not spent on leisure will be spent on work. So, the price of leisure, in terms of its opportunity cost, is the lost wages from not working. Individuals would consume leisure up to the point where the marginal benefit from leisure equals the marginal cost, where the marginal cost is the wage rate.

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Great answer, keep it coming :)


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:D TYSM

 

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