Which of the following is an example of statistical discrimination?
A. An employer hires only white workers even though there are otherwise identical African-
American workers available at lower pay.
B. Women students in college business schools are overrepresented in human resource
management courses and underrepresented in finance courses.
C. A young woman who plans to work for only five to seven years after graduating college
decides that getting an advanced degree "just won't pay off."
D. A firm hires a man rather than a woman for a specific job because, on average, women
have higher rates of absenteeism than do men.V
Answer: D
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If actual output is less than equilibrium output, firms will ________ output to keep from ________ inventories
A) increase; accumulating B) increase; depleting C) decrease; depleting D) decrease; accumulating
Assuming that progressive taxation is desirable, a consumption tax calculated by subtracting saving from income would be preferable to a general sales-based consumption tax
a. True b. False
Which of the following would make the equilibrium real interest rate increase and the equilibrium quantity of funds decrease?
a. The demand for loanable funds shifts right. b. The demand for loanable funds shifts left. c. The supply of loanable funds shifts right. d. The supply of loanable funds shifts left.
Higher interest rates ____ the ____ cost of holding currency and therefore reduce the quantity of currency demanded.
A. decrease; opportunity B. increase; transaction C. decrease; transaction D. increase; opportunity