Will workers utility be greater under negative income tax

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Consider a person who can work up to 80 hours each week at a pre-tax wage of $20 per hour but faces a constant 20% payroll tax. Under these conditions, the worker maximizes her utility by choosing to work 50 hours each week. The government proposes a negative income tax whereby everyone is given $300 each week and anyone can supplement her income further by working. To pay for negative income tax, the payroll tax rate will be increased to 50%.

(a) On a single graph, draw the worker`s original budget line and her budget line under the negative income tax

(b) Show that the worker will choose to work fewer hours if the negative income tax is adopted.

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