If Buyers Discriminate Against Women and Minorities

question 123

Multiple Choice

If buyers discriminate against women and minorities,
i.the value of marginal product of women and minorities is less than otherwise.
ii.the wage rate paid to women and minorities is less than otherwise.
iii.more women and minorities are hired than otherwise.

• A) i only
• B) ii only
• C) ii and iii
• D) i and ii
• E) i, ii, and iii

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Definitions:

Iron Curtain

Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union’s eastern European satellites.

Capitalist West

Refers to Western countries, primarily in Europe and North America, that operate under a capitalist economic system, emphasizing private ownership and the free market.

Communist East

Referring to countries in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia under communist rule during the Cold War, which were influenced or controlled by the Soviet Union.

Marshall Plan

An American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the U.S. gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.