Welfare policy #1: Individuals with less than $20,000 in earned income are given a lump-sum welfare payment of $5,000. An individual earning more...

Welfare policy #1: Individuals with less than $20,000 in earned income are given a lump-sum welfare payment of $5,000. An individual earning more than $20,000 would not be eligible for welfare.

Diagram #1: draw an indifference curves diagram showing an individual who would reduce their hours worked with this policy. with a brief description.

Diagram #2: draw an indifference curves diagram showing an individual who would not reduce their hours worked with this policy. with a brief description

Welfare policy #2: Similar to Welfare policy #1, but earned income above $20,000 reduces welfare payments at a rate of $0.50 reduction per $1 of earned income over $20,000.

Diagram #3: draw an indifference curves diagram showing an individual who would increase their hours worked with this policy, compared to Welfare Policy #1. with a brief description

Diagram #4: Using either welfare policy, show how an increase in a person's wage rate can move them from being on welfare to not being on welfare. [A higher wage rate will produce a steeper budget constraint. See Figure 17.2 for an example.] with a brief description