18 Questions
Why do employers practice job segregation based on gender or race according to the Crowding Model?
Because some male workers may become disgruntled when working with or taking orders from women
In the context of statistical discrimination, what assumption do employers make about certain groups?
That they are less capable of performing certain jobs
Why do women, especially married women, tend to have more absences from work?
Due to family responsibilities
What is the primary goal of employers in the context of statistical discrimination?
To maximize profits given the uncertainty about hiring
What is the underlying assumption of the Crowding Model?
That social interactions on the job can be unfavorable and affect productivity
What is the result of confining women and ethnic minorities to a limited number of occupations, according to the Crowding Model?
Crowding out and job segregation
In the Employee Discrimination Model, what is the effective wage rate for men who dislike working alongside women?
WM (1 - d)
According to the Employee Discrimination Model, what would be the long-run outcome of employee discrimination?
Segregation and lower wages for women
Why do employees demand higher wages to work in an integrated work site?
Because they dislike working with a certain group
What is the relationship between men's discrimination coefficient and their productivity?
Higher d means lower productivity
How does the Employee Discrimination Model affect the labor market in the long run?
It leads to lower wages for women
What is the assumption about women's attitudes in the Employee Discrimination Model?
Women are indifferent about the sex of their coworkers
What does the index of segregation measure?
The percentage of women who would have to change occupations for women to be distributed among occupations in the same proportions as men
What would be the outcome if 30% of the total female workers moved from Occupation C to Occupation A and B?
The distributions of male and female workers among occupations would become identical
What is the significance of the 30% index of segregation in the given example?
Either 30% of male or female workers would have to change occupations for the distributions to be identical
Which of the following occupations has the highest percentage of female workers?
Occupation C
What is the purpose of the index of segregation?
To quantify occupational segregation and identify discrimination
What would be the effect on the index of segregation if the distributions of male and female workers among occupations became identical?
The index of segregation would decrease to 0%
This quiz covers the concepts of statistical discrimination and crowding models in the labor market. It discusses how employers make decisions based on imperfect information, leading to potential discrimination. Learn about the factors that influence these decisions and how they affect different groups of workers.
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