Income in Services Is More Bifurcated Than That in Manufacturing

question 65

Multiple Choice

Income in services is more bifurcated than that in manufacturing.What does this sentence mean?

• A) Incomes in services tend to be more seasonal.
• B) Firms that produce services are more productive and therefore more wealthy than manufacturers.
• C) Professional service providers generate high incomes while non-skilled and low-skilled service providers make low wages.
• D) The income that firms produce from services is taxed at a higher rate than that produced from manufacturing.
• E) The income that firms make from delivering services is distributed more evenly among employees than occurs in manufacturing firms.

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