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4 marks, −1Microeconomics › Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium › Labour supply and intertemporal choiceModerateabout 3 min

DSE 2020 Question 9: Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium

A household with an endowment of 111 unit of time maximises u=ln⁡c+bln⁡(1−l)u=\ln c+b\ln(1-l)u=lnc+bln(1−l), where ccc is consumption and l∈[0,1]l\in[0,1]l∈[0,1] is time spent working, financing consumption from labour income c=wlc=wlc=wl with www the wage per unit of labour time. If the market wage rate rises, the household's equilibrium labour supply

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A household with an endowment of 1 unit of time maximises u=ln c+bln (1-l), where c is consumption and l∈[0,1] is time spent working, financing consumption from labour income c=wl with w the wage per unit of labour time. If the market wage rate rises, the household's equilibrium labour supply (A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains constant (D) changes in an ambiguous manner

Also written as: A household with an endowment of 1 unit of time maximises u=ln c+bln (1-l), where c is consumption and l in [0,1] is time spent working, financing consumption from labour income c=wl with w the wage per unit of labour time. If the market wage rate rises, the household's equilibrium labour supply

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This question is on Labour supply and intertemporal choice, part of Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium in Microeconomics.

Treating leisure and future consumption as goods: the labour-leisure choice, saving and borrowing.

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