Exam 14: Labor Market Discrimination

Assume that all workers are equally productive,but the white wage is $14 and the African American wage is $10.An employer who employs only African American workers has a discrimination coefficient of:

If an African American woman is paid a lower wage than a similarly qualified and experienced white man performing the same job at the same firm,then this is an example of:

The statistical discrimination model and Becker's "taste-for-discrimination" model:

The overall index of occupational segregation _____ from 1980 to the present; at the same time,the presence of women in selected professions such as dentistry,law,medicine and the clergy _____.

Assume that all workers are equally productive,but that male wages are $14 and female wages are $10.An employer who employs only male workers has a discrimination coefficient of:

Studies by Blau and Kahn report that productivity differences "explain" approximately:

Discrimination in the form of access barriers to productivity-increasing opportunities is termed:

According to empirical estimates,approximately what proportion of the observed female-male earnings gap and African American-white earnings gap can be explained by nondiscriminatory factors?

Assuming competitive labor markets,occupational segregation by sex:

An employer whose discrimination coefficient approaches infinity:

Question refers to the following labor market data showing the distribution of males and females within the three occupations (labeled A, B, and C) of a hypothetical economy. Occupation Male Female A 60\% 30\% B 20\% 40\% C 20\% 30\% -The index of segregation for this economy is:

Empirical estimates of the extent of discrimination may be downwardly biased if:

Data comparing income by gender and race:

Which of the following required equal treatment for all persons in hiring,firing,promotion and compensation decisions without regard to race,color,religion,sex,or nationality?

At firms obligated to undertake affirmative action,female and minority shares of employment:

According to the theory of statistical discrimination:

According to Becker's "taste-for-discrimination" model:

An employer whose discrimination coefficient is zero:

High school completion rates are:

Question refers to the following labor market data showing the distribution of males and females within the three occupations (labeled A, B, and C) of a hypothetical economy. Occupation Male Female 30\% 10\% 40\% 20\% 30\% 70\% -The index of segregation for this economy is: