A. coal miners must have greater human capital than others
B. we have observed a compensating differential
C. coal miners must be more attractive than other workers
D. we have evidence of discrimination against workers outside the coal mine
Human Capital
Which of the following is not part of a worker’s human capital ?
A. education
B. experience
C. all of these answers are parts of a worker’s human capital
D. effort
E. on the job training
All of the following would tend to increase a worker’s wage except ?
A. Working the night shift
B. working harder
C. more education
D. having a greater amount of natural ability
E. doing a job that is fun
In a competitive market, which of the following is least, likely to be the source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential ?
A. All of these answers could be source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential
B. the customer
C. the government
D. the employer
Which of the following could result in women being paid less than men ?
A. women obtaining less human capital because they don’t plan to work continuously to the age of retirement
B. Women entering and leaving the labour force to care for children
C. customers preferring to deal with men
D. women preferring to work in pleasant clean safe work places
E. all of these answers
Economists have hypothesized that the widening gap between the wages of unskilled workers and skilled workers may be due to ?
A. decrease in the demand for unskilled workers because of increases in technology and increases in international trade
B. increase in the number of unskilled workers available due to immigration into the UK.
C. decrease in the demand for unskilled workers are more poorly educated
D. increase in the number of unskilled workers available because workers are more poorly educated
It is not considered discrimination when an employer offers different opportunities to individuals that differ only by them ?
A. productivity
B. age
C. sex
D. race
Which of the following statements regarding discrimination is true ?
A. The existence of a wage differential among groups is strong evidence of discrimination in the labour market
B. Discrimination can only persist in a competitive labour market it customers are willing to pay to maintain the discriminatory practice or the government requires discrimination
C. Bigoted employers are the main source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential in a competitive market
D. Discrimination cannot exist in a competitive labor market
A wage differential among groups may not by itself be evidence of discrimination in the labour market because different groups have ?
A. different preferences for the type of work they are willing to do
B. different levels of job experience
C. all of these answers are correct
D. different levels of education
Which of the following is likely to generate a compensating differential ?
A. One employee is more attractive than another
B. One employee is more educated than another
C. All of these answers generated
D. One employee works harder than another
E. One employee is willing to work the nightshift while another is not.