Exam 18: Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination

One explanation for why the poor tend to receive more noncash assistance than cash assistance is that:

In determining the poverty rate in the United States, only cash income is counted.

The total number of poor people in the United States in 2010 was about ________ million.

Which of the following statements is true regarding welfare reform in 1996?

-(Exhibit: Discrimination) If blacks and whites have the same supply curve S, while blacks have demand curve D and whites have demand curve D', the wage for whites will be given by:

The percentage of the population that falls below the poverty line is called the poverty rate.

-(Exhibit: Income Distribution) Curve _______ indicates that the lowest ________ percent of families would receive _______ of the income.

Affirmative action attempts to eliminate discrimination by:

A factor that has been associated with the increase in income inequality in the United States is the:

Between 1968 and 2010, the Lorenz curve of the United States became:

Reform to the welfare system in the United States in 1996:

-(Exhibit: Income Distribution) Curve B indicates that:

The percentage of the population that falls below the poverty line is called the:

A number of studies have concluded that black male workers earn about ________ percent less than white males due to labor-market discrimination.

The poverty line is the same regardless of the number of members in a household.

Much of the recently declining wage gap between white males and blacks and women is due to _______ blacks and women, but some of the decline is due to _______ .

The benefits provided to the poor through Head Start are primarily in the form of:

Discrimination in an economy results in the economy operating inside its production possibilities curve.

The primary data on income inequality in the United States is provided by income tax returns.

People with more education tend to experience lower poverty rates.