Actual Efforts to Identify Wage Discrimination in the Labor Market

question 17

Multiple Choice

Actual efforts to identify wage discrimination in the labor market

• A) provide conclusive proof that wage discrimination against women exists and reduces their wages by about 10%.
• B) provide conclusive proof that wage discrimination against women exists and reduces their wages by about 20%.
• C) cannot prove the existence of wage discrimination because some important unmeasurable characteristics differ by gender.
• D) cannot prove the existence of wage discrimination because some important measurable characteristics differ by gender.

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