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Q5 Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition 5 Points Suppose average earnings are $36,000 for women and $50,000 for men, Bm = $2,500, B, = $2,000, Xm = 20, and X 1 = 18. Then the unexplained dollar amount of the wage gap is: O $6,000 O $7,500 O $9.000 O $12,000 Q6 Within-Occupation Gender Gaps 5 Points Explain why the gender earnings gap in occupations with flexible hours etc. is smaller than in occupations with less flexible hours. Enter your answer here Q1 Discrimination 5 Points According to the theory of statistical discrimination: O employers have a subjective dislike of a particular group O employees have a subjective dislike of a particular group O customers have a subjective like of a particular group O a person is judged on the basis of the average characteristics of a group they belong to Q2 Discrimination again 5 Points In the economic model of employer-based discrimination: (select both correct answers) the demand curve for women workers is downward-sloping if d varies across firms firms with the highest values of d will be willing to hire women even when w; is close to Wm firms with the highest values of d will be willing to hire women only when w; is much less than w the demand curve for women workers is vertical if d is the same for all firms Q3 Net Present Value 5 Points If a woman plans to take time out of the workforce after having children: O the NPV of an investment in college education is more likely to be negative than if she did not take time off O the NPV of an investment in college education is more likely to be positive than if she did not take time off O she will definitely face discrimination when she returns O the present value of her future earnings will be less than what she could get if she just started working after High School Q4 Internal Rate of Return 5 Points Which factors listed below would increase the internal rate of return to an investment in human capital? (Select both correct answers.) higher interest rate greater out-of-pocket costs longer work career shift of benefits from later years to earlier years, keeping total benefits the same Q5 Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition 5 Points Suppose average earnings are $36,000 for women and $50,000 for men, Bm = $2,500, B, = $2,000, Xm = 20, and X 1 = 18. Then the unexplained dollar amount of the wage gap is: O $6,000 O $7,500 O $9.000 O $12,000 Q6 Within-Occupation Gender Gaps 5 Points Explain why the gender earnings gap in occupations with flexible hours etc. is smaller than in occupations with less flexible hours. Enter your answer here Q1 Discrimination 5 Points According to the theory of statistical discrimination: O employers have a subjective dislike of a particular group O employees have a subjective dislike of a particular group O customers have a subjective like of a particular group O a person is judged on the basis of the average characteristics of a group they belong to Q2 Discrimination again 5 Points In the economic model of employer-based discrimination: (select both correct answers) the demand curve for women workers is downward-sloping if d varies across firms firms with the highest values of d will be willing to hire women even when w; is close to Wm firms with the highest values of d will be willing to hire women only when w; is much less than w the demand curve for women workers is vertical if d is the same for all firms Q3 Net Present Value 5 Points If a woman plans to take time out of the workforce after having children: O the NPV of an investment in college education is more likely to be negative than if she did not take time off O the NPV of an investment in college education is more likely to be positive than if she did not take time off O she will definitely face discrimination when she returns O the present value of her future earnings will be less than what she could get if she just started working after High School Q4 Internal Rate of Return 5 Points Which factors listed below would increase the internal rate of return to an investment in human capital? (Select both correct answers.) higher interest rate greater out-of-pocket costs longer work career shift of benefits from later years to earlier years, keeping total benefits the same
