A college graduate who works at a firm is also working part-time on a master's degree in business and expects to be paid a higher wage after earning the degree. The basic reason for this wage differential is:

A. Efficiency wages
B. Compensating differences
C. Investment in human capital
D. Nonmonetary aspects of work


C. Investment in human capital

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Which of the following statements is most accurate about the three main components of the federal counterterrorist bureaucracy?

a. The three components consist of the judiciary, executive, and intelligence agencies. b. The three components consist of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and military branches. c. The three components consist of law enforcement agencies, military branches, and the judiciary. d. The three components consist of military branches, the executive, and the legislature.

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Defense counsel for a defendant who cannot afford a private attorney is providing what kind of defense?

a. indigent defense b. general defense c. limited defense d. voir dire defense

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The Nazis committed _____ against the Jews when they attempted extermination

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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In 1987, U.S. Supreme Court justice ________ summarized the thrust of earlier opinions, holding that "prison walls do not form a barrier separating prison inmates from the protections of the Constitution."

A. Antonin Scalia B. William Rehnquist C. Sandra Day O'Connor D. Clarence Thomas

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