罗森 财政学 第七版(英文版) 配套习题及答案Chap008

CHAPTER 8 – Expenditure Programs for the Poor

1. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

a) provides more income to those people on welfare.

b) is a tax on low income workers.

c) provides additional tax credits to low income workers.

d) is a tax break for the wealthiest Americans.

e) was eliminated by the Bush administration.

2. The switch from AFDC to TANF took place in

a) 1937.

b) 1986.

c) 1996.

d) 1998.

e) 2003.

3. Social Security Income(SSI) is available for all, except

a) aged.

b) immigrants.

c) blind.

d) disabled.

4. A dollar reduction in benefits as a result of a dollar income from working is a

a) 50% tax rate.

b) 75% tax rate.

c) 0% tax rate.

d) 100% tax rate.

5. Who is eligible to receive food stamps?

a) poor families without children

b) childless single men

c) childless single women

d) all of the above

e) a and c

6. Voucher programs for housing

a) provide rent vouchers for existing housing stock.

b) are under utilized with a surplus of housing stock.

c) provide down payment assistance to purchase homes.

d) are known as Section 8.

e) do none of the above.

7. The Head Start program

a) has been successful in fostering better levels of school attainment.

b) began in 1965.

c) provides preschool activities for 4 and 5 year old disadvantaged students.

d) does all of the above.

e) does none of the above.

Enrollment in the Medicaid program

a) is designed for those persons 65 years of age and older.

b) has increased due to expanded eligibility.

c) covers all medical expenses that a poor person may incur.

d) requires a substantial co-payment that has not been helpful to poor families.

Federal job training programs

a) help provide job market skills to those in poverty.

b) have been overwhelmingly effective in helping those in poverty.

c) cost very little money per person participating.

d) do all of the above.

e) do none of the above.

The group comprising the highest percentage of the poor is

a) the disabled.

b) elderly.

c) male heads of households.

d) children.

The United States’ official measure of poverty is measured by

a) only cash income.

b) cash income and capital gains.

c) only in-kind income.

d) the imputed value of rent payments.

Which is the largest cash transfer program for the poor?

a) TANF

b) Medicare

c) SSI

d) Medicaid

e) Section 8

Under TANF, the time limit for receiving benefits during a lifetime is

a) 12 years.

b) 13 weeks.

c) 60 months.

d) 5 months.

e) unlimited. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

14. Which group is not provided aid by Medicaid?

a) elderly

b) blind

c) disabled

d) poor

e) none of the above

All of the following are in-kind benefit programs, except

a) food stamps.

b) Medicaid.

c) energy assistance.

d) SSI. 15.

1. Consider a negative income tax. As discussed in your textbook, under the negative

income tax, each person is entitled to a grant of G dollars per month. For every dollar the person earns, the grant is reduced by t dollars.

a) Suppose G = 200 and t = 0.40. Consider an inpidual whose hourly wage is $10.

There are 30 days in a month (so T is 720). Sketch the budget constraint before

and after the introduction of a negative income tax.

2. This question is similar to Question 1 of Chapter 8 in your textbook. In New York, a

welfare recipient can earn $90 per month without having her benefits reduced. Beyond $90, benefits are reduced by 57 cents for every dollar of earnings. Consider Jackie, a resident of New York, who can earn $10 per hour. If she does not work at all, she is eligible for welfare benefits of $577.

a) If she works 10 hours, how much are her work earnings, how much is her welfare

benefits, and how much is her total income?

b) After Jackie works a certain number of hours, she does not receive any benefits at

all. What is that number of hours?

3. Suppose in a certain city the demand for low-cost housing can be characterized by the

equation Q = 165 – P/2, where Q is housing measured in square feet. Further, suppose that supply is characterized by the equation: Q = P/2 – 1.

a) How much consumer surplus is there?

b) Suppose that a grant is given so that the supply of housing is increased. This

increase changes the supply curve to Q = P/2. How much does consumer surplus

change because of the grant?

4. Return to Question 3 above. Suppose that the government feels that the grant is not

enough and, in addition, imposes a price ceiling of $125. What will happen to consumer surplus? What are the drawbacks?

5. A needy family consisting of a mother and three children currently receives cash benefits

that average $12 per day. The mother of this family is allowed to earn an average of $4 per day before her benefits begin to decline. After that, for each dollar earned, cash benefits decline by 67 cents for each dollar earned. Assume that she can find work at $4 per hour.

a) How many hours will she have to work per day before her benefits are eliminated?

1. Under TANF, at least 50% of single mother recipients and 90% of two-parent families

must be working or in work preparation programs.

2. Poor people who participate in job training programs are more successful in leaving

poverty.

3. In 1990, 29% of the United States’ population was in poverty.

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