Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Income Distribution in the United

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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question(s) : Income Distribution in the United States

-Economists define discrimination as occurring when:

• A) one person receives a lower income for doing an apparently similar job as another.
• B) people with similar characteristics experience different economic outcomes because of sex, race, or other noneconomic characteristics.
• C) a male professor receives a higher salary than a female professor.
• D) people don't like others because of their sex or race.

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Definitions:

Trade Barriers

are government-imposed restrictions on the exchange of goods and services across borders, including tariffs, quotas, and regulations.

Teamsters

A member of a labor union in North America primarily representing workers in the transport and freight industries.

Product Market

The marketplace in which final goods or services are offered to consumers, businesses, and the public sector.

Nonunion Labor

Refers to workers who are not members of a labor union and therefore typically do not have the collective bargaining protections and benefits that unionized workers have.