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1 6 Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work

2 Table Labor Force Participation Rates of Females in the United States over 16 Years of Age, by Marital Status, 1900–2008 (Percentage)

3 Table Labor Force Participation Rates for Males in the United States, by Age, 1900–2008 (percentage)

4 Table Labor Force Participation Rates of Women and Older Men, Selected Countries, 1965–2008 (Percentage)

5 Figure 6.1 An Individual Labor Supply Curve Can Bend Backward

6 Figure 6.2 Two Indifference Curves for the Same Person

7 Figure 6.3 An Indifference Curve

8 Figure 6.4 Indifference Curves for Two Different People

9 Figure 6.5 Indifference Curves and Budget Constraint

10 Figure 6.6 The Decision Not to Work Is a “Corner Solution”

11 Figure 6.7 Indifference Curves and Budget Constraint (with an Increase in Nonlabor Income)

12 Figure 6.8 Wage Increase with Substitution Effect Dominating

13 Figure 6.9 Wage Increase with Income Effect Dominating

14 Figure Wage Increase with Substitution Effect Dominating: Isolating Income and Substitution Effects

15 Figure 6.11 The Size of the Income Effect Is Affected by the Initial Hours of Work

16 Figure 6.12 Reservation Wage with Fixed Time Costs of Working

17 Figure 6.13 Budget Constraint with a Spike

18 Figure 6.14 Income and Substitution Effects for the Basic Welfare System

19 Figure 6.15 The Basic Welfare System: A Person Not Choosing Welfare

20 Figure 6.16 The Welfare System with a Work Requirement

21 Figure 6.17 Earned Income Tax Credit (Unmarried, Two Children), 2009


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