25. Suppose males and females are respectively paid $1,000 and $800 a week for i

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25. Suppose males and females are respectively paid $1,000 and $800 a week for identical qualification and experience. The wage disparity will most likely suggest that there is gender discrimination. (A) True (B) False 26. Alluding to question 25, the discrimination disutility coefficient is most likely to be: (A) $1,800 (B) $800 (C) $200 (D) $900 27. According to illegal immigration economic models, the deportation of unskilled illegal immigrants is most likely to cause: (A) An increase in the employment of domestic unskilled workers (B) An increase in the pay of unskilled domestic workers for the same amount of work (C) A stagnant wage rate and less workers for available jobs in the short-run (D) Lower variable cost and increased profit 28. Payoffs for production and Trade (Chrysler and Ford) Chrysler Produce Not Produce F-$30M C-so T-SO K-$0 Ford ProduceF-$12M C-$12M Not Produce F-S0 C-$30M The payoff matrix indicates that: (A) Ford has a dominant strategy (B) Chrysler has a dominant strategy (C) No company has a dominant strategy (D) There are two Nash Equilibria 29 The Nash Equilibrium suggests that both companies will can: (A) S30M cach (B) S12M cach (C) $24M cach (D) SO 30 According to the "first-mover" argument, the first company to have entered this market would have earned: (A) S30M (B) S12M (C) $24M (D) S0

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25-- wage if looked at it form the employer side then it is the $ paid to the workers and depends on the following- hours of work/ experiance/qualification/effort/ changing rate of job by workers means worker as permanent or of temporary empolyment nature that is work contract/ flexibility in working arrangement and childcare /nepotism/ reverse discrimination/same work place, etc.

in our question identical is experiance, qualification and work contract that is for a week even then if there is wage differential between male and female then the case suggest that there is gender discrimination

Answer(TRUE).

26)

Discrimination disutility coefficient-- most likely to be $200 in this case as no more information is given and thus we will simply see the disutility based on wage difference between male and female.

27) any immigration policy to bring gain should lie on the following foundation

a) the policy should fluctuate as per the requirement for economic fluctuation

b)there should be fine balance between the immigration of low skilled and and enforcement against immigration of low skilled workers.

c)it is necessary to create incentive for both employers and immigrants.

d)taxing the immigrants to mitigate the negative impact.

it has been seen that illigal immigration always corresponds to market condition ( exception war/crisis/ political condition)

inspite of all these the best policy from the given option wil always depend on the the market conditions so the best among the given would be

B) an increase in the wage of domestic workers(unskilled ) for the same amount of work.

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