If Employers as a Group Hold Negative Stereotypes Concerning the Productivity

question 14

Multiple Choice

If employers as a group hold negative stereotypes concerning the productivity of minority workers,these stereotypes may:

• A) break the connection between market and premarket discrimination.
• B) transform into a positive coefficient of employer discrimination.
• C) be found to be false in the long run.
• D) be self-confirming because these beliefs diminish the incentives for minority workers to accumulate costly skills.
• E) be driven out of existence in the long run.

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