US17L3


  • 1
  • In the figure, the poorest 40 percent of all families receive what share of income?

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    20 percent
    15 percent
    10 percent
    1 percent


  • 2
  • In the figure, the third lowest 20 percent of all families receive what share of income?

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    20 percent
    5 percent
    30 percent
    10 percent


  • 3
  • The closer the Lorenz curve for income is to the line of equality, the more _____________ is distributed.

    unequally income
    unequally wealth
    equally wealth
    equally income


  • 4
  • The government in the country of Zappoo is trying to decide which tax plan to implement. The table shows four alternative plans. If the government decides to implement a progressive income tax, it will implement tax plan ______.

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    D
    C or B
    B
    A


  • 5
  • The government in the country of Zappoo is trying to decide which tax plan to implement. The table shows four alternative plans. If the government decides to implement a proportional income tax, it will implement tax plan __________.

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    B
    D
    A
    C


  • 6
  • The guaranteed minimum annual income is $15,000, and the marginal tax rate is 10 percent. A family with a market income of $10,000 will have total income of __________________.

    $10,000
    $25,000
    $24,000
    $15,000


  • 7
  • The guaranteed minimum annual income is $15,000, and the marginal tax rate is 30 percent. What is the break-even level of income?

    $150,000
    $4,500
    $50,000
    $21,429


  • 8
  • The table shows the distribution of income in Swacko. The government of Swacko imposes a 20 percent tax on the people with the highest 40 percent of income. The government then distributes 40 percent of the tax collected to the lowest 20 percent and 30 percent to the second 20 percent and the middle 20 percent. Before and after the distribution, what percentage of national income belongs to the middle 20 percent?

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    8 percent; 12.8 percent
    10 percent; 10 percent
    $500,000; $700,000
    10 percent; 14.8 percent


  • 9
  • The table shows the distribution of income in Swacko. The government of Swacko imposes a 20 percent tax on people with the highest 40 percent of income. The government then distributes 40 percent of the tax collected to the lowest 20 percent and 30 percent to the second 20 percent and the middle 20 percent. After the redistribution, the Lorenz curve for income ________.

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    is equal to the line of equality
    is closer to the line of equality
    is above the line of equality
    equals the Lorenz curve for wealth


  • 10
  • The price of health care in the United States increased between 1980 and 1998 because the _______ increased by more than the _______.

    quantity of health care demanded; quantity of health care supplied
    supply of health care; demand for health care
    demand for health care; supply of health care
    inflation rate; health care worker wage rates


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