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

question 7

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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