Which of the following is not advantage of a negative income tax?

a. A negative income tax is simple to administer.
b. A negative income tax is equivalent to a cash transfer.
c. A negative income tax retains the paternalistic nature of in-kind transfers.
d. A negative income tax could replace many transfer programs.

c

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A) an increase; an increase B) an increase; a decrease C) a decrease; an increase D) a decrease; a decrease

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Which of the following would cause the demand for computer programmers to increase?

a. a decline in the productivity of computer programmers b. an increase in the productivity of computer programmers c. an increase in the wages of computer programmers due to legislative action (that is, the establishment of a price floor for computer programmers) d. a reduction in the price of a competitive input that can be substituted for computer programmers

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