UNL Econ 180 Final QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

By definition, there is discrimination when the marketplace offers different opportunities to similar individuals who differ only by correct answer: race, ethnic group, sex, age, or other personal characteristics. Which of the following statements is correct? A.) Differences in human capital may explain differences in wages between blacks and whites. B.) Racial discrimination is the strongest explanation for differences in wages between blacks and whites. C.) Gender discrimination is the strongest explanation for differences in wages between blacks and whites. D.) None of the above statements is correct. correct answer: A.) Differences in human capital may explain differences in wages between blacks and whites. Which of the following can be used to help explain wage differences among different groups of workers? A.) human capital acquired through education B.) human capital acquired through job experience C.) compensating differentials D.) All of the above can explain wage differences. correct answer: D.) All of the above can explain wage differences. Which of the following is an example of discrimination in the labor market? correct answer: A pharmaceutical sales company pays women less than men because the company's customers, physicians and pharmacists, say that they prefer to deal with men rather than women. Which of the following can be used to help explain wage differences among different groups of workers? correct answer: All of the above could explain wage differences among groups. Evidence of differences in the average wages of black workers compared to white workers correct answer: All of the Above Evidence of differences in average wages of women compared to men correct answer: is seldom used to provide evidence of discriminatory bias. A consensus view among economists regarding the possibility of labor-market discrimination is that correct answer: wage differences among groups are not sufficient by themselves to determine how much discrimination there is. Men and women tend to choose different types of occupations, and so correct answer: a source of wage differences between men and women