During the Decade Following the Passage of the 1962 Equal

question 556

Multiple Choice

During the decade following the passage of the 1962 equal pay legislation and the 1964 civil rights legislation,

• A) the male/female wage differential became much smaller.
• B) the male/female wage differential became much larger.
• C) there was little change in the earnings of women relative to men.
• D) the educational choices of women and men became less similar.

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