When Workers of the Same Ability Are Not Paid the Same

question 109

Multiple Choice

When workers of the same ability are not paid the same amount because of a group characteristic such as ethnic origin or age,we call this

• A) efficiency wage theory.
• B) wage discrimination.
• C) compensating differential theory.
• D) winner-take-all theory.
• E) occupational crowding.

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