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Figure 3.13a - Optimal Choices Before and After a Wage Rise
This diagram illustrates an individual's optimal choices before and after a wage increase. The graph shows days of free time (0-70) on the horizontal axis and consumption in dollars (0-7,000) on the vertical axis. It includes an initial budget constraint connecting (70, 0) and (0, $6,300), and a new, steeper budget constraint connecting (70, 0) and (0, $9,100). Two convex indifference curves are shown. The lower curve is tangent to the initial budget line at point A (34, 3,240), representing the original optimal choice. The higher curve is tangent to the new budget line at point D (30, 5,200), representing the new optimal choice after the wage rise.
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Figure 3.9 - The Effect of a Wage Increase on the Feasible Set
Figure 3.13a - Optimal Choices Before and After a Wage Rise
An individual's budget constraint, representing the trade-off between daily consumption and hours of free time, changes. The original constraint and the new constraint both originate from the same point on the horizontal axis (representing maximum free time and zero consumption), but the new constraint is steeper than the original. What economic event best explains this change?
Analyzing a Change in the Budget Constraint
An increase in an individual's hourly wage rate causes their budget constraint, which shows the trade-off between consumption and free time, to shift outward in a parallel manner.
Calculating the Impact of a Wage Increase
Explaining the Effect of a Wage Increase on the Budget Constraint
An individual's hourly wage increases. Match each element of the budget constraint model, which illustrates the trade-off between consumption and free time, to its correct description following this change.
When an individual's hourly wage increases, the budget constraint, which illustrates the trade-off between consumption and free time, becomes steeper. This is because the slope of the budget constraint represents the ________ of an hour of free time, which has now increased.
An individual who can work up to 24 hours a day receives an increase in their hourly wage. Arrange the following statements in the correct logical sequence to explain how this wage increase affects their budget constraint, which represents the trade-off between daily consumption and free time.
Evaluating Changes to the Budget Constraint
Impact of a Pay Raise on Opportunity Cost
Figure 3.13b - Graphical Setup for Decomposition Analysis