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Chapter 7 Student Quiz
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In 2013, the United States had more income inequalities than most other countries in the Western Hemisphere.
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Fill in the blank: __________ children are more likely to experience hunger than any other group in the United States.
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Black or Latino
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A measurement of inequality that uses zero to indicate perfect equality and one hundred to equal the highest level of inequality is the
wage gap.
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earnings gap.
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Gini coefficient.
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segregation coefficient.
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Fill in the blank: Earning __________ exist between blacks, whites, and Latinos.
disparities
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equalities
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similarities
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None of the above
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Implicit bias in the labor market tends to be
unconscious.
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rare.
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structural.
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mostly at the macro level.
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Fill in the blank: Educational and skill level attainment are examples of __________ factors that influence employment disparities.
individual
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structural
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labor
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macro-level
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Fill in the blank: The change in the type of jobs available in the overall economy is an example of a(n) __________ factor that influences employment disparities.
individual
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gendered
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agentive factor
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structural factor
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The split labor market was defined by
compensating racial groups with different pay rates for the same work.
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striking labor groups asking for higher wages.
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providing jobs to one group and not to other groups.
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All of the above
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Companies that proactively prevent discrimination in their workplace and ensure that their workplaces look like the working-age population practice
a human capital approach.
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affirmative action.
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an oversight approach.
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implicit bias.
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Men and women of the same race and/or ethnicity tend to have income parity.
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On average, Asians have similar median weekly wages as Latinos.
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Historically, blacks have had the highest unemployment rates of any group.
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Fill in the blank: __________ is/are example(s) of human capital.
Level of education
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Years of experience
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Skills
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Implicit bias refers to the conscious biases that people possess.
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Deindustrialization is an individual level factor that helps explain the existing economic gap across racial groups.
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