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Price Wedge Caused by Labor Taxes
Consequences of the Labor Tax Wedge
A government introduces a new tax on labor. This tax creates a difference between the total cost an employer pays for a worker and the actual take-home pay the worker receives. Analyze how this newly created difference, or 'wedge,' is likely to influence the hiring decisions of employers and the work-related decisions of employees. In your response, consider the perspectives of both parties.
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A manufacturing company's total cost to employ a factory worker for one hour is $25. Of this amount, the worker receives $18 as their take-home wage, and the remaining portion is remitted to the government as a tax on labor. Based on this information, which statement correctly analyzes the components of this transaction?
Analyzing Labor Costs and Worker Earnings
Explaining the Labor Tax Wedge
If a government imposes a tax on labor, the total cost for an employer to hire a worker is the worker's gross wage plus the amount of the labor tax.
An employer pays a total of $40 per hour for a worker. The worker's take-home pay is $32 per hour. The difference is collected by the government. Match each economic term to its correct value based on this scenario.
Consequences of the Labor Tax Wedge
The difference between the gross wage paid by an employer and the net wage received by a worker, which is created by a tax on labor, is referred to as the tax ____.
Imagine a transaction where an employer hires a worker and a tax is applied to the labor. Arrange the following events to show the correct sequence of how the total cost of labor is distributed.
In an economy where the government imposes a tax on labor, which statement accurately describes the relationship between the cost of hiring a worker for an employer and the actual income that worker receives?
A company's total cost to employ an analyst for one year is $75,000. The government imposes a tax on this labor that is equal to 25% of the analyst's final take-home pay. What is the analyst's annual take-home pay?