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1、Chapter 19/Earnings and Discrimination v 1345Chapter 19Earnings and DiscriminationTRUE/FALSE1.A compensating differential refers to a difference in wages that arises from nonmonetary characteristics.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Compensating differentialsMSC:Definitional2.A comp
2、ensating differential is a difference in wages due to higher levels of education or other forms of human capital.ANS:FDIF:1REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Compensating differentialsMSC:Definitional3.The fact that doctors are paid more than economics professors is an example of a compensatin
3、g differential.ANS:TDIF:1REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Compensating differentialsMSC:Definitional4.A computer is an example of productivity-enhancing human capital.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Human capitalMSC:Definitional5.Higher levels of human capital are correlat
4、ed with higher earnings because firms are willing to pay more for better-educated workers who have higher marginal productivities.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Human capitalMSC:Interpretive6.As a result of an increase in the earnings gap between skilled and unskilled jobs, the i
5、ncentive to get a college education has been declining.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Interpretive7.The rising gap in wages between unskilled and skilled workers is most likely related to a larger increase in demand for unskilled occupations relative
6、 to skilled occupations.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Interpretive8.One hypothesis to explain the rising gap in wages between unskilled and skilled workers in the United States is that international trade has altered the relative demands for skilled
7、 and unskilled workers.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Interpretive9.The statement that the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer is supported by evidence of an expanding wage gap between high-skill and low-skill workers.ANS:TDIF:1REF:19-1NAT:Analy
8、ticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Interpretive10.Some economists suggest that international trade has led to an expanding wage gap between high-skill and low-skill workers in the United States.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Interp
9、retive11.It is increasingly clear that technological change, rather than international trade, has been largely responsible for an expanding wage gap between high-skill and low-skill workers.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Interpretive12.The United Sta
10、tes is losing manufacturing jobs to countries like China and India, where manufacturing jobs have increased 30 percent since 1995.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Applicative13.Since 1995, global manufacturing employment has declined, yet global indust
11、rial output has risen.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Applicative14.One explanation for the loss in manufacturing jobs is that new technologies have replaced the need for some workers.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value
12、 of skillsMSC:Applicative15.The demand for workers with excellent problem-solving skills is increasing, as are the wages for those workers.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Increasing value of skillsMSC:Applicative16.One reason why better-looking workers may have higher earnings is
13、that physical attractiveness may enhance a workers productivity for certain jobs, especially for those workers who deal with the public.ANS:TDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Beauty premiumMSC:Interpretive17.One reason why better-looking workers may have higher earnings is that physical
14、attractiveness is correlated with intelligence.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:Beauty premiumMSC:Interpretive18.The signaling theory of education maintains that workers who complete specific levels of education signal their high productivity to potential to employers.ANS:TDIF:2REF
15、:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:SignalingMSC:Definitional19.The signaling theory of education maintains that workers who complete specific levels of education enhance their productivity through education.ANS:FDIF:2REF:19-1NAT:AnalyticLOC:Labor marketsTOP:SignalingMSC:Definitional20.If the signaling theory of education is correct, then education is correlated w
