Exam 20: Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

If income is distributed equally in a society, the poorest fifth of the population receives

Programs that reduce the incentive to work make income redistribution inefficient.

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

Assume that a company has several male workers who do not give their full cooperation to female supervisors making them less effective as supervisors. Economists would refer to this type of situation as ____.

The essence of the trade-off between equality and efficiency is that

In 2017, the U.S. median income for a family of four was about $61,000.

Policies that redistribute income

An employer who refuses to hire women because of the chance they may quit for childbearing purposes is engaging in statistical discrimination .

Prejudice leads, inevitably, to economic discrimination.

Competition reduces some but not all discrimination. Where can one expect competition to reduce discrimination, and where is discrimination likely to go on even if there is competition?

In their 1994 book, The Bell Curve, Murray and Herrnstein presented evidence that IQ is an important determinant of economic success.

The national poverty rate in the United States reached a low in the

In 2017, the poverty line for a family of four was about $42,000.

A tax is more likely to promote economic equality if it is

TANF compels welfare recipients to go to work after a period of two years.

In labor markets, risk taking accounts for some income differences.

What are the two important programs in practice in America that strongly resemble a negative income tax?

If the United States is to reduce poverty by using a negative income tax, the guaranteed income should be

The basic problem with the government setting an absolute poverty line is that it is

If incomes were equally distributed in the United States, each fifth of the population would receive ____ percent of the income.