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Figure 18-3 Shows Two Different Compensation Schemes for the Youness

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  Figure 18-3 shows two different compensation schemes for the Youness Corporation, an installer of auto glass windshields. Under Scheme I, the firm pays a consistent daily wage of $80 per day based on an 8-hour workday. Q<sub>Min</sub><sub> </sub>in represents the cut-off point under the hourly-wage system: if a worker installed fewer than Q<sub>Min</sub><sub> </sub>in windshields, the worker got fired. Scheme II represents a piece-rate scheme with an earnings floor: no worker would get less than $80 per day (for an 8-hour workday)  and would have to produce at least Q<sub>Min</sub><sub> </sub>in. For any output level beyond Q* the worker earned an additional $20 for each unit produced. -Refer to Figure 18 -2. Which of the following statements is true? A)  Panel B correctly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at low wages (segment i)  and again at very high wages (segment iii) . B)  Panel B incorrectly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at low wages (segment i) . C)  Panel B incorrectly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at low wages (segment i)  and a situation in which the substitution effect dominate the income effect at very high wages (segment iii) . D)  Panel B incorrectly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at very high wages (segment iii) Figure 18-3 shows two different compensation schemes for the Youness Corporation, an installer of auto glass windshields. Under Scheme I, the firm pays a consistent daily wage of $80 per day based on an 8-hour workday. QMin in represents the cut-off point under the hourly-wage system: if a worker installed fewer than QMin in windshields, the worker got fired. Scheme II represents a piece-rate scheme with an earnings floor: no worker would get less than $80 per day (for an 8-hour workday) and would have to produce at least QMin in. For any output level beyond Q* the worker earned an additional $20 for each unit produced.
-Refer to Figure 18 -2. Which of the following statements is true?


A) Panel B correctly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at low wages (segment i) and again at very high wages (segment iii) .
B) Panel B incorrectly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at low wages (segment i) .
C) Panel B incorrectly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at low wages (segment i) and a situation in which the substitution effect dominate the income effect at very high wages (segment iii) .
D) Panel B incorrectly describes a situation in which the income effect dominate the substitution effect at very high wages (segment iii)

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