Suppose that differences in skills explain part of the difference in wages by race. Wage differences arising from skill differences:
A. may result from past discrimination in access to education.
B. are not attributable to present or past discrimination.
C. will disappear when labor markets are in equilibrium.
D. are always classified as racial discrimination.
Answer: A
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