All of the Following Statements About the Effectiveness of Federal

question 21

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about the effectiveness of federal antidiscrimination programs are true EXCEPT (select the statement that is not true)

• A) they increased the black/white earnings ratio between 1960 and 1975.
• B) between regions, the greatest gains in increasing the black/white earnings ratio were in the South.
• C) between programs, the greatest gains in increasing the black/white earnings ratio were from the affirmative action programs.
• D) they had a small impact on the black/white earnings ratio after 1980.

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Definitions:

Corporate Profits Tax

A tax imposed by governments on the income earned by companies and corporations.

Labor Supply

The total amount of hours employees are ready and capable of working for a specified rate of pay.

Payroll Tax

A tax imposed on employers or employees, and is typically calculated as a percentage of the salaries that employers pay their staff.

Tax Shifting

The process whereby the economic burden of a tax is passed on from one group to another.