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5. “One can judge the presence or absence of discrimination by
looking at the proportion of the population in different
occupations.” Does such information help? Does it suffice?
Consider each of the following examples.
Relative to their numbers in the total population, there are
a. Too many blacks and too few Jews among professional
athletes
b. Too few male secretaries
c. Too few female judges
d. Too few female prison guards
e. Too few male schoolteachers
f. Too few female graduate students in engineering
6. For each of the cases below, identify whether the observed wage
differential is likely to be an equilibrium or a temporary
differential, and explain why.
a. Pilots in one non-unionized airline earn 20 percent more
than pilots in a second non-unionized airline.
b. Construction workers employed near Alberta’s oil sands
earn 30 percent more than similar workers in Manitoba.
c. Dental surgeons earn far more than dental hygienists.
d. Pilots in a non-unionized airline earn more than flight
attendants in the same airline.