The "Vicious Cycle of Discrimination" Refers to

question 10

Multiple Choice

The "vicious cycle of discrimination" refers to

• A)the use of statistical discrimination to perpetuate the impact of employer prejudice on minorities
• B)the portion of the wage differential between two groups that cannot be accounted for by differences in education and job experience
• C)lower wage rates that reduce incentives to improve skill levels and gain job experience,which perpetuates lower wage rates
• D)any job-market discrimination that remains after all premarket discrimination has been eliminated
• E)job-market discrimination that leads to increased prejudices among workers and customers,thus generating more discrimination

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