A Large Company Is Accused of Gender Discrimination in Wages

question 13

Multiple Choice

A large company is accused of gender discrimination in wages.The following model has been estimated from the company's human resource information ln(WAGE) = 1.439 + .0834 EDU + .0512 EXPER + .1932 MALE
Where WAGE is hourly wage,EDU is years of education,EXPER is years of relevant experience,and MALE indicates the employee is male.How much more do men at the firm earn,on average?

• A)$1.21 per hour more than females
• B)19.32% more than females
• C)$19.32 per hour
• D)$19,320 more per year than females

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