One Reason That Wage Discrimination Based on Gender or Ethnicity

question 72

Multiple Choice

One reason that wage discrimination based on gender or ethnicity can continue is:

• A)market interference or market failure associated with above-equilibrium wages.
• B)market competition making it profitable to engage in discrimination.
• C)it is justified by the marginal productivity theory of income distribution.
• D)because,as the South African experience with apartheid showed,discrimination leads to more rapid economic growth.

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