Exam 16: Workfare

Work requirements have more bite - proving more effective at discouraging leakage and encouraging work - when they are specified in ____________,which tie pay to the quantity of tasks a worker completes,rather than _______,which tie pay to hours of presence on the job.

All of the following are the primary objectives of most workfare programs except:

Figure 16.2 -According to figure 16.2 in each panel the potential participants face a fixed participation cost.Who would participate in this workfare program?

All of the following are reasons why a household would choose to participate in a workfare program except:

If a workfare program faces a fixed budget limit,B,then total program costs are largely fixed in advance and policy analysts may wish to ask: How many workers are likely to obtain employment through the program? If program administrators have set the program wage w and the target ratio n of non-wage to wage costs,then the budget will finance the creation of roughly _______worker-days of employment.

Workfare programs are _______ likely than other targeted transfer programs to generate spillover effects through labor markets,because they may significantly __________.

In order for a workfare program to be self targeting,it must offer a wage ______ than what's available to poor households currently and ________ that what is available to a wealthier household?

Programs that provide opportunities for poor households to earn income by performing low-skill labor in public works projects are called____________.

Figure 16.1 $\text { Mary }$ Mary $\text { Jane }$ Jane -According to figure 16.1 which person faces a higher wage in her alternative activities?

In order for a workfare program to be self targeting,it must offer a ______ wage than the alternative wage available to poor households and a ________wage than the alternative wage available to wealthier households?

Why do emergency employment programs get criticized for creating infrastructure of low quality or duration?

Under what conditions can workforce programs reduce vulnerability for workers?

Figure 16.3 Labor Market Impacts of Workfare-Induced Demand Shifts Under Two Sets of Labor Market Conditions (a) (b) -According to figure 16.3(a)if the labor market is categorized by a market wage for low skill labor that is stuck above equilibrium at Wm ,which area represents unemployment?

Why might self targeting in a workfare program fair to prevent benefits from leaking to non-poor households?

Figure 16.1 $\text { Mary }$ Mary $\text { Jane }$ Jane -According to figure 16.1 which person will choose to participate in a workfare programs?

Figure 16.1 $\text { Mary }$ Mary $\text { Jane }$ Jane -According to figure 16.1 how much can each woman consume if they don't participate in the workfare program?

Figure 16.2 -According to figure 16.2 in each panel the solid line (baT)represents___________.

Self targeting allows the government to _____________.

Figure 16.2 -According to figure 16.2 in each panel the dashed line represents___________.

Figure 16.2 -According to figure 16.2 in each panel the potential participant faces a fixed participation cost.Mary faces a fixed monetary cost such as _________ and Jane faces a fixed time cost such as _____________.