Consider the standard set up for thinking about statistical discrimination from last class (groups have same average productivity, but one group has a lower slope on the signal component – call this group women). Neither group has a zero y-intercept. A government issues a minimum wage requirement. Which of the following is true:  A. At a low enough minimum wage, employers will hire men and women of any signal type.  B. At a low enough minimum wage, employers will hire high signal men and low signal women.  C. At a low enough minimum wage, employers will hire women of any signal type and only higher signal men.  D. At a high enough minimum wage, employers will hire low signal men and high signal women.

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Consider the standard set up for thinking about statistical discrimination from last class (groups have same average productivity, but one group has a lower slope on the signal component – call this group women). Neither group has a zero y-intercept. A government issues a minimum wage requirement. Which of the following is true: 

A. At a low enough minimum wage, employers will hire men and women of any signal type. 
B. At a low enough minimum wage, employers will hire high signal men and low signal women. 
C. At a low enough minimum wage, employers will hire women of any signal type and only higher signal men. 
D. At a high enough minimum wage, employers will hire low signal men and high signal women.

 

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