A Consensus View Among Economists Regarding the Possibility of Labor-Market

question 309

Multiple Choice

A consensus view among economists regarding the possibility of labor-market discrimination is that

• A)most wage differences among groups are attributable to discrimination.
• B)many employers use compensating differentials to hide discriminatory practices.
• C)wage differences among groups are not sufficient by themselves to determine how much discrimination there is.
• D)all wage differences among groups are attributable to differences in human capital and compensating differentials.

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Definitions:

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