1) Employer discrimination implies thatA) if the group discriminated against is small, there will be a wage differential in the market.B) some employers give up profits to avoid hiring one group.C) co-workers and customers prefer one group of workers over another.D) there will be no market wage differential.2) Percentage goals in minority employmentA) will not cause changes in the makeup of a company's workforce.B) can be met more quickly for companies that can maintain low quit rates.C) can always be met quickly if nondiscriminatory hiring is used.D) will take longer to achieve in industries with relatively lower turnover rates.3) Comparable worth analysis in Minnesota found thatA) jobs with higher measured worth received higher pay.B) jobs with higher measured worth received lower pay.C) a regression of measured worth versus pay yielded a horizontal line.D) measured worth of most jobs was completely unrelated to pay.4) If workers in one group are discriminated against and face higher search costs, thenA) they will have better job matches than workers in the other group.B) their employers will have more monopsony power over them than over employees in theother group.C) a nondiscriminating employer will hire them at the same wage as workers in the other group.D) they will work in the secondary job market.5) The index of occupational dissimilarity for women and menA) has risen since 1970.B) shows the percentage workers who face occupational discrimination.C) would be 100 if all occupations were completely segregated.D) would be 100 if men and women were randomly assigned to jobs.6) Studies including cognitive achievement among the measures of productive have generally found:A) differences in cognitive achievement alone explain most of the overall male/female earningsgap.B) differences in cognitive achievement explain most of the variation in earnings among people.C) differences in cognitive achievement do not explain most of the overall black/white earningsgap.D) differences in cognitive achievement alone explain most of the overall black/white earningsgap.

Employer discrimination refers to the unfair or biased treatment of individuals in employment…

1) Employer discrimination implies that A) if the group discriminated against is small, there will be a wage differential in the market. B) some employers give up profits to avoid hiring one group. C) co-workers and customers prefer one group of workers over another. D) there will be no market wage differential.

1) Employer discrimination implies that A) if the group discriminated against is small, there will be a wage differential in the market. B) some employers give up profits to avoid hiring one group. C) co-workers and customers prefer one group of workers over another. D) there will be no market wage differential.

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