According to the human capital view of education ?
According to the signaling view of the education ?
If two jobs require the same amount of skills and experience the job that pays the most is most likely to be the one that is ?
Which of the following is true regarding the earning of attractive versus unattractive workers ?
Which of the following professionals is most likely to be able to generate the income of a superstar ?
In order for a market to support superstars it must have which of the following characteristics ?
Which of the following is not a reason why some workers are paid above the equilibrium wage ?
Which of the following explanations of wage differentials is not likely to be true ?
A profit-maximizing firm will hire labour until ___ equals the _______?
Top footballers tend to earn more than lecturers because ?
Skilled labor is relatively scarce because ?
By restricting labor supply a trade union can ___ and _______?
Involuntary unemployment exists if workers ?
The difference between gross investment and net investment is ?
The value of an asset depends upon ?
If workers get a real wage increase this will likely ____ and _____?
Different capital intensity in different industries is mainly explained by __ and ________?
The functional distribution of income shows how national income is divided between ?
Land will be allocated between competing uses so that ?
In the short run, the supply of capital is ___ and in the long run will depend on _______?
The marginal revenue product of capital is the ?
the cost of using capital services is the ?
Efficiency wages are ____ that raise _____?
In the West Women and non-whites on average receive lower incomes than white men because ?
The most important source of wage differentials are ?
Unions achieve a higher wage differential the more ____ and the more ______?
The opportunity cost of acquiring education is ?
Human capital can be described as ?
The participation rate in the labour force is affected by ?
The downward sloping marginal physical product of labor is the firm’s ?
The substitution effect of a rise in the price of labour will ____ the quantity of labour and the output, effect will ____ it
Which of the following is likely to generate a compensating differential ?
A wage differential among groups may not by itself be evidence of discrimination in the labour market because different groups have ?
Which of the following statements regarding discrimination is true ?
It is not considered discrimination when an employer offers different opportunities to individuals that differ only by them ?
Economists have hypothesized that the widening gap between the wages of unskilled workers and skilled workers may be due to ?
Which of the following could result in women being paid less than men ?
In a competitive market, which of the following is least, likely to be the source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential ?
All of the following would tend to increase a worker’s wage except ?
Which of the following is not part of a worker’s human capital ?
If a person who works in coal mine gets paid more than a person with a similar background and skills who works in a safer job, then ?

Competitive markets tend to ?

A. Increase labor market discrimination because some workers can charge more for their services than other workers in a competitive market
B. have no impact on labour market discrimination
C. reduce labour market discrimination because non-discrimination firms will employ cheaper labour earn more profits and drive discriminating firms out of the market
D. increase labour market discrimination because bigoted employers can charge any price they want in a competitive market to cover the cost of their discrimination

Correct Answer: reduce labour market discrimination because non-discrimination firms will employ cheaper labour earn more profits and drive discriminating firms out of the market ✔

Last Updated: June 11, 2019