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on Nov 26, 2024
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Statistical discrimination refers to
A) the crowding of women or minorities into low-paying occupations.
B) significant differences in average levels of earnings by gender, race, and ethnicity, after accounting for nondiscriminatory factors.
C) making individual hiring decisions on the basis of the characteristics of the group to which a person belongs, rather than on his or her personal characteristics and productivity.
D) the 50-percent unexplained residual in studies that try to account for wage differences by gender, race, and ethnic origin.
Statistical Discrimination
A practice where individuals are judged and treated based on statistical averages of their group rather than their own specific attributes or actions.
Hiring Decisions
The process of evaluating and selecting candidates for employment in an organization, based on various criteria such as skills, experience, and fit.
- Recognize the distinctions between types of discrimination, specifically taste-based and statistical.
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Learning Objectives
- Recognize the distinctions between types of discrimination, specifically taste-based and statistical.