Exam 12: Gender,Race,and Ethnicity in the Labor Market

Suppose that tall employees dislike working with short employees.Assume also that short and tall employees are perfect substitutes for one another in producing goods.What is the likely outcome?

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Suppose that the labor force participation of married males is 70% and their unemployment rate is 20%,then their employment rate

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What is the dual labor market explanation of discrimination?

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Dual labor market theory holds that the labor market is divided into two sectors-a primary sector and a secondary sector.Jobs in the primary sector are good jobs that pay well,that offer opportunities for advancement,and that have good working conditions.Jobs in the secondary sector are lousy jobs with poor pay,with bad working conditions,and with no opportunity for advancement.According to dual labor market theory,workers from disfavored groups end up disproportionately in the secondary sector,presumably because of some form of market-based or statistical discrimination.The theory holds that working in the secondary sector in some sense brands a worker as undesirable,making it difficult to ever find employment in the primary sector.Unlike market-based theories of discrimination,dual labor market theory does account for persistent discrimination

Over the 1970 to 2012 period,the labor force participation rate of black women was the rate of white women,while the rate for black men was the rate of white men.

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The index of occupational dissimilarity for women and men

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What are the dimensions of gender discrimination in the labor market?

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Employer discrimination implies that

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If the choice of educational level reflects anticipated labor market discrimination,then

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Suppose that females and males are equally productive and that some employers discriminate against females.If some employers begin discriminating against males,which of these CANNOT happen (assuming that nothing else changes)?

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How does racial discrimination in the workplace lower wages among disfavored groups?

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In a given market,women with the same skills as men earn less.Which of the following would suggest that the main source of the discrimination is the managers that must work with them?

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Customer discrimination will cause

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Question 12

Employee-based discrimination along racial lines implies all of the following EXCEPT

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There are one hundred supervising jobs and one hundred male supervisors in a competitive job market.In addition,each supervisor supervises one line worker.There are one hundred line jobs and one hundred line workers.The supervisor of job one dislikes supervising female line workers by $1 a week.The supervisor of job two dislikes female line workers by $2 a week,and so forth,such that the supervisor of job hundred dislikes supervising female line workers by $100 a week.There are 60 female and 40 male line workers.Supervisors of male line workers are paid $400 a week and male line workers are paid $200 a week.Which of the following is NOT true in the short-run equilibrium?

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A study finds that handsome people make more than ugly people in occupations where workers interact with customers.This supports which of these models of discrimination?

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What is affirmative action?

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In the employer model of discrimination where employers differ in how much they devalue the productivity of women,which of the following will lower the relative wage of women?

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How much of the pay gap between full-time male and female workers does the empirical evidence suggest is explained by differences in observed characteristics related to productivity?

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In general,women in low-paying jobs tend to earn ________ of male earnings (for those males in low-paying jobs)than women in high-paying jobs.

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The Equal Pay Act of 1963

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Suppose that tall employees dislike working with short employees.Assume also that short and tall employees are perfect substitutes for one another in producing goods.What is the likely outcome?

Suppose that the labor force participation of married males is 70% and their unemployment rate is 20%,then their employment rate

What is the dual labor market explanation of discrimination?

Over the 1970 to 2012 period,the labor force participation rate of black women was the rate of white women,while the rate for black men was the rate of white men.

The index of occupational dissimilarity for women and men

What are the dimensions of gender discrimination in the labor market?

Employer discrimination implies that

If the choice of educational level reflects anticipated labor market discrimination,then

Suppose that females and males are equally productive and that some employers discriminate against females.If some employers begin discriminating against males,which of these CANNOT happen (assuming that nothing else changes)?

How does racial discrimination in the workplace lower wages among disfavored groups?

In a given market,women with the same skills as men earn less.Which of the following would suggest that the main source of the discrimination is the managers that must work with them?

Customer discrimination will cause

Employee-based discrimination along racial lines implies all of the following EXCEPT

A study finds that handsome people make more than ugly people in occupations where workers interact with customers.This supports which of these models of discrimination?

What is affirmative action?

In the employer model of discrimination where employers differ in how much they devalue the productivity of women,which of the following will lower the relative wage of women?

How much of the pay gap between full-time male and female workers does the empirical evidence suggest is explained by differences in observed characteristics related to productivity?

In general,women in low-paying jobs tend to earn ________ of male earnings (for those males in low-paying jobs)than women in high-paying jobs.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963

Introduction

Overview of the Labor Market

The Demand for Labor

Labor Demand Elasticities

Frictions in the Labor Market

Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work

Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle

Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets

Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training

Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover

Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination within the Firm

Unions and the Labor Market

Unemployment

Inequality in Earnings

The Labor-Market Effects of International Trade and Production Sharing

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Exam 12: Gender,Race,and Ethnicity in the Labor Market

Suppose that tall employees dislike working with short employees.Assume also that short and tall employees are perfect substitutes for one another in producing goods.What is the likely outcome?

Suppose that the labor force participation of married males is 70% and their unemployment rate is 20%,then their employment rate

What is the dual labor market explanation of discrimination?

Over the 1970 to 2012 period,the labor force participation rate of black women was ________ the rate of white women,while the rate for black men was ________ the rate of white men.

The index of occupational dissimilarity for women and men

What are the dimensions of gender discrimination in the labor market?

Employer discrimination implies that

If the choice of educational level reflects anticipated labor market discrimination,then

Suppose that females and males are equally productive and that some employers discriminate against females.If some employers begin discriminating against males,which of these CANNOT happen (assuming that nothing else changes)?

How does racial discrimination in the workplace lower wages among disfavored groups?

In a given market,women with the same skills as men earn less.Which of the following would suggest that the main source of the discrimination is the managers that must work with them?

Customer discrimination will cause

Employee-based discrimination along racial lines implies all of the following EXCEPT

A study finds that handsome people make more than ugly people in occupations where workers interact with customers.This supports which of these models of discrimination?

What is affirmative action?

In the employer model of discrimination where employers differ in how much they devalue the productivity of women,which of the following will lower the relative wage of women?

How much of the pay gap between full-time male and female workers does the empirical evidence suggest is explained by differences in observed characteristics related to productivity?

In general,women in low-paying jobs tend to earn ________ of male earnings (for those males in low-paying jobs)than women in high-paying jobs.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963

Introduction

Overview of the Labor Market

The Demand for Labor

Labor Demand Elasticities

Frictions in the Labor Market

Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work

Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle

Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets

Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training

Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover

Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination within the Firm

Unions and the Labor Market

Unemployment

Inequality in Earnings

The Labor-Market Effects of International Trade and Production Sharing

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Over the 1970 to 2012 period,the labor force participation rate of black women was the rate of white women,while the rate for black men was the rate of white men.