Given the figure in the Challenge Solution, could the government set a smaller lump-sum subsidy than shown

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Given the figure in the Challenge Solution, could the government set a smaller lump-sum subsidy than shown that would make poor parents as well off as with the price subsidy yet cost the government less? Given the tastes shown in the figure, what would be the effect on the number of hours of childcare service that these parents buy?

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9781292215624

8th Global Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Perloff

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