Answer to Question #146863 in Microeconomics for Ali

Question #146863
Question 01 04 Marks
Assume a country produces haircuts and shirts with inputs of labour. The country has 1000 hours of labour available. A haircut requires ½ hour of labour, while a shirt requires 5 hours of labour.
a. Construct country’s production- possibility frontier. (2 marks)
b. The country is faced with massive unemployment. How will the PPF be impacted? Explain and indicate on graph. ( 1 mark)
c. The country discovers new technology and moves towards automation. Justify how this will impact the PPF for the economy. Also, indicate the same through the graph. (1mark)
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Expert's answer
2020-11-27T12:27:05-0500

a. A country’s production- possibility frontier will be depicted with the line between the points (2,000 haircuts; 0 shirts) and (0 haircuts; 200 shirts).

b. If the country is faced with massive unemployment, then the PPF will decrease and shift to the left.

c. If the country discovers new technology and moves towards automation, then the PPF will increase and shift to the right.


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