Occupational Discrimination

question 38

Multiple Choice

Occupational discrimination

• A) occurs when secretaries are paid less than truck drivers.
• B) is when the distribution of jobs within one group is different from the distribution of jobs within another group.
• C) is keeping one group in lower-paying jobs although their potential productivity is equal to that of those who have access to higher-paying jobs.
• D) is the desire of those in one group to work in different jobs than those in another group.

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