Susan argues that she is the victim of economic discrimination. The primary technical difficulty for an economist investigating her claim will be
A. defining economic discrimination.
B. finding a worker with the same productivity as Susan for comparison purposes.
C. defining statistical discrimination.
D. measuring Susan’s human capital.
Answer: B
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What will be an ideal response?
In the DMP model, a decrease in productivity
A) decreases the unemployment rate. B) reduces the vacancy rate. C) increases the unemployment rate. D) increases the size of the labor force.
If you put $500 into a checking account, the immediate effect (do not consider the money multiplier which we will study in the next chapter) is:
a. M1 rises, M2 falls, and the monetary base remains the same. b. M1 falls, M2 falls, and the monetary base remains the same. c. M1 rises, M2 rises, and the monetary base remains the same. d. M1, M2, and the monetary base rise. e. M1, M2, and the monetary base remain the same.