Exam 11: Discrimination I: Theory

In a model of job search with search frictions,it is difficult and time-consuming for workers and job vacancies to find each other.In this environment,the presence of prejudiced employers has a effect on minorities' bargaining positions and a effect on minorities' wages.

Why might imperfect information lead employers to engage in discrimination?

One of the key problems in the economics of discrimination is:

Which of the following is NOT a prediction of Becker's model of discrimination?

What is a factor which may cause majority workers to receive a positive wage differential for working with minority workers in the presence of positive employee discrimination?

Which of the following is true of the coefficient of employer discrimination?

The coefficient of market discrimination is NOT:

discrimination occurs when impediments hinder certain groups of equally materially productive individuals from entering particular occupations.When the compensation of equally materially productive workers depends upon their group affiliations,discrimination is occurring.

Labor-market discrimination is defined as:

A is an attribute a worker can vary while a is an attribute that is predetermined for each individual but which varies across individuals.

Which of the following is an example of statistical discrimination?

Why can consumer prejudice lead to persistent wage discrimination?

Which of the following is an example of labor-market discrimination?

If employers as a group hold negative stereotypes concerning the productivity of minority workers,these stereotypes may:

Which of the following is true of the peer effects literature?

What is one of the reasons that the effects of market and premarket discrimination are intertwined?

According to Becker's theory of consumer prejudice,

Which of the following is NOT a channel through which premarket discrimination operates?

In a model of job search with search frictions,it is difficult and time-consuming for workers and job vacancies to find each other.In this environment,the presence of prejudiced employers has a effect on minorities' wages.The extent of the wage discrimination depends on the prejudice of the employer.

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about the coefficient of employee discrimination?