It Is Difficult to Measure the Pure Union Wage Advantage

question 20

Multiple Choice

It is difficult to measure the pure union wage advantage because:

• A)women constitute a greater proportion of the work force in strongly unionized industries than in weakly unionized industries
• B)unionized industries tend to have larger plants that may require greater worker supervision,thus promoting union employers to seek out "superior" workers
• C)unionized industries tend to employ production methods that are highly labor-intensive and therefore require lower-paid unskilled workers
• D)unions are more easily established in those industries that pay low wages,so that the percentage wage gains are much smaller

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