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Chapter 21, Problem 14DQ
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Occupational segregation.
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Use a demand-and-supply model to explain the impact of occupational segregation or “crowding” on the relative wage rates and earnings of men and women. Who gains and who loses from the elimination of occupational segregation? Is there a net gain or a net loss to society? Explain
Using the concept of opportunity cost, explain why discrimination against any population group is economically inefficient?
Discuss economic and policy factors that explain why racial discrimination is more likely in law enforcement than in labor markets.
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- If it is not profitable to discriminate, why does discrimination persist? If a country had perfect income equality what would the Lorenz curve look like? Offer one reason why income inequality might increase productivity and efficiency in an economy. Offer one reason why income inequality might reduce productivity and efficiency in an economy. Explain your answers. In country A, the population is 300 million and 50 million people are living below the poverty line. What is the poverty rate?arrow_forward25. In the graphs below, we start with equal numbers of men and women working in each of the three occupations "A." "B." and "C." The crowding model of occupational discrimination predicts that if women workers were to be segregated into occupation "C" it would results in lower wages for women, relative to men as: 0 D QA Occupation A Q W wh D S qB Occupation B W We Q0 S qC Occupation C Q the supply of labor in "C" rises and the wage for women falls. O both (a) the supply of labor falls in "A" and "B," and the wages for men rise AND (b) the supply of labor in "C" rises and the wage for women falls. O the demand for women's labor decreases in occupation 'C O the supply of labor falls in "A" and "B" and the wages for men rise.arrow_forwardSuppose there are two occupations: nurses and doctors. Draw hypothetical supply and demand graphs for male and female workers to both occupations assuming that some of each prefers each job. Now, assume that medical school admissions officers assume that women are unqualified to be doctors so all women find work as nurses. Show the effects of discrimination on your graph.arrow_forward
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