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. The 'domestic division of labour' refers to

The shift towards increased working at home correct incorrect

The division of labour in the domestic (e.g. UK) economy correct incorrect

It usually being women that have prime responsibility for household roles and tasks including childcare and eldercare correct incorrect

Increased employment in service occupations correct incorrect

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. If an employer imposes a requirement that women applicants are on average less able to satisfy than men and that is not relevant to the job, this is referred to as:

Occupational segregation correct incorrect

Direct discrimination correct incorrect

Inadvertent discrimination correct incorrect

Indirect discrimination correct incorrect

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. What is the name of the equality body in the UK that has statutory responsibility to protect, enforce, and promote equality across nine 'protected' characteristics?

Equal Opportunities Commission correct incorrect

Social Mobility Commission correct incorrect

Equality and Human Rights Commission correct incorrect

Resolution Foundation correct incorrect

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. Who famously demanded that people should be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character?

Martin Luther King correct incorrect

Alan Milburn correct incorrect

Joseph Stiglitz correct incorrect

Will Hutton correct incorrect

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. The extrinsic benefit gained from employment is:

Job satisfaction correct incorrect

The wage or salary correct incorrect

Social contact correct incorrect

Self-respect correct incorrect

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. What was the gender pay gap in 2016 based on median hourly earnings for all employees?

28 per cent correct incorrect

8 per cent correct incorrect

4 per cent correct incorrect

18 per cent correct incorrect

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. In 2016, 16.6 per cent of female employees were in which of the following occupational groups?

Managers and senior officials correct incorrect

Sales and customer service correct incorrect

Administrative and secretarial correct incorrect

Skilled trades correct incorrect

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. In 2016, what percentage of female employees in the UK worked part-time?

22 correct incorrect

42 correct incorrect

12 correct incorrect

32 correct incorrect

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. Assume that the countries below have the Gini coefficients as indicated. Which is the most unequal country?

South Africa-0.63 correct incorrect

China-0.42 correct incorrect

UK-0.33 correct incorrect

Sweden-0.26 correct incorrect

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. According to the Kuznets hypothesis:

If there is to be long-run economic growth in society then it is imperative that steps are taken to redistribute income from rich to poor correct incorrect

If there is to be long-run economic growth then it is inevitable that relative inequality will always widen as the rich need incentives to grow their incomes correct incorrect

As nations develop initially the relative gap between the rich and poor will widen but over time this will narrow correct incorrect

As nations develop the rising concentration of capital will mean that it is inevitable that income inequality will grow correct incorrect

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. If the average income of the bottom 10 per cent of a country rises from £100 per week to £200 per week and the average income of the top 10 per cent rises from £1000 per weak to £1800 per week we can conclude that:

Inequality has increased correct incorrect

Inequality has decreased correct incorrect

Relative inequality and absolute inequality has increased correct incorrect

Relative inequality has decreased but absolute inequality has increased correct incorrect

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. The chapter cites evidence that since the 1980s the OECD countries:

Have experienced the trickle-down effect correct incorrect

Have experienced an average fall in relative inequality correct incorrect

Have experienced an average rise in relative inequality correct incorrect

Have experienced falls in both relative and absolute inequality correct incorrect