The employee discrimination model predicts that if male employees have a taste for discrimination against female employees female employees will earn more than male employees. male employees will always earn more than female employees. firms may be segregated by gender firms may be segregated by gender, only if firms also have a taste for discrimination against female workers. Both (b) and (d) are predictions of the employee discrimination model.
Added by Moses M.
Step 1
The employee discrimination model predicts that if male employees have a taste for discrimination against female employees, then there will be some sort of wage gap or segregation between male and female employees. Show more…
Show all steps
Your feedback will help us improve your experience
Donna Densmore and 77 other Microeconomics educators are ready to help you.
Ask a new question
Labs
Want to see this concept in action?
Explore this concept interactively to see how it behaves as you change inputs.
Key Concepts
Recommended Videos
Which one of the following statements concerning employee discrimination are true? a. Employers will always choose to segregate their workforce whether or not there is employee discrimination. b. Employee discrimination does not affect the profitability of firms. c. Discriminating employees act as if their wage is less than it actually is if they are employed by a firm that has an integrated workforce. d. Employee discrimination does not necessarily produce a wage differential between groups of workers who are equally skilled. e. Both (a) and (b). f. Both (b) and (c). g. Both (c) and (d)
James K.
Imagine a society where most firms dislike employing female workers (say 95% of potential employers harbor some prejudice), for a given skill level (MPL). Suppose females represent 10% of overall labor supply. Assume females and male workers are perfect substitutes. This will result in ________ wages for females and a/an __________ workforce. lower; segregated higher; segregated lower; integrated higher; integrated
Donna D.
In Becker's discrimination model, employers who are prejudiced a. have a discrimination coefficient d = 0. b. be driven out of business in the long run in a competitive market. c. have an integrated workforce, but disliked workers will hold jobs that do not involve customer contact. d. always employ their preferred workers, even if disliked workers are willing to work for a lower wage. e. have an integrated workforce, but workers will have to be paid a higher wage.
Jennifer S.
Recommended Textbooks
Principles of Economics
Principles of Microeconomics for AP® Courses
Economics
Transcript
Watch the video solution with this free unlock.
EMAIL
PASSWORD