Consider the optimal choice of labor and leisure discussed in the text. Suppose a consumer works the

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Consider the optimal choice of labor and leisure discussed in the text. Suppose a consumer works the first 8 hours of the day at a wage rate of $10 per hour, but receives an overtime wage rate of $20 for additional time worked.
a) On an optimal choice diagram, draw the budget constraint.
b) Draw a set of indifference curves that would make it optimal for him to work 4 hours of overtime each day.
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0073375854

2nd edition

Authors: Douglas Bernheim, Michael Whinston

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