It Is Likely That, If We Could Measure the Quality

question 420

Multiple Choice

It is likely that, if we could measure the quality as well as the quantity of education,

• A)the human-capital argument would become less compelling as a means of explaining wage differentials between white workers and black workers.
• B)the human-capital argument would become less compelling as a means of explaining wage differentials between male workers and female workers.
• C)wage differentials between white workers and black workers would be more puzzling than they are now.
• D)wage differentials between white workers and black workers would be more fully explained.

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