Lesson 4.1.6.7

4.1.6.7 Discrimination in the labour market Quiz: AQA Economics, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. What occurs when equally productive workers receive different pay based on personal characteristics?

    • Monopsony pricing
    • Occupational mobility
    • Income redistribution
    • Wage discrimination

  2. Which condition allows wage discrimination to persist in a labour market?

    • Perfect competition
    • Free labour mobility
    • Identical worker preferences
    • Market power

  3. Concentrating certain demographic groups in lower-paid occupations is known as what?

    • Occupational segregation
    • Geographic mobility
    • Capital deepening
    • Wage flexibility

  4. Paying a male worker more than an equally productive female worker is an example of what?

    • Gender discrimination
    • Productivity alignment
    • Positive externality
    • Market clearing

  5. How does employer discrimination typically affect the employment level of minority groups?

    • It increases employment
    • It standardises wages
    • It reduces employment
    • It has no effect

  6. Equally productive workers receive £12 and £10 per hour. What is the wage gap per hour?

    • £12 per hour
    • £2 per hour
    • £10 per hour
    • £22 per hour

  7. Why might labour market discrimination reduce an employer's total profits?

    • Higher tax bills
    • Smaller talent pool
    • Increased market share
    • Lower wage bills

  8. What main economic disadvantage results from wage discrimination in labour markets?

    • Lower wage inequality
    • Lower total productivity
    • Increased labour mobility
    • Higher tax revenues

  9. How can increased market competition reduce wage discrimination in the long run?

    • Raising entry barriers
    • Hiring overlooked talent
    • Increasing monopsony power
    • Lowering minimum wages

  10. Which non-discriminatory factor accounts for a portion of the gender pay gap?

    • Direct employer bias
    • Unequal minimum wages
    • Different hours worked
    • Lower potential productivity

  11. What term describes paying different workers unequal wages for doing the exact same job?

    • Human capital
    • Occupational segregation
    • Wage discrimination
    • Market failure

  12. What effect does eliminating wage discrimination generally have on economic efficiency?

    • It reduces efficiency
    • It improves efficiency
    • No economic effect
    • Creates market failure

  13. What is the main direct impact of ethnic discrimination in recruitment?

    • Higher average wages
    • Increased labour productivity
    • Lower training costs
    • Lower employment rates

  14. Which factor is a non-productivity cause of wage differentials?

    • Marginal revenue product
    • Years of experience
    • Worker ethnicity
    • Level of education

  15. In a competitive market, paying identical workers different wages should cause employers to:

    • Fire lower-paid workers
    • Cut overall output
    • Hire lower-paid workers
    • Raise prices immediately

  16. What is a major macroeconomic impact of widespread wage discrimination?

    • Higher tax revenue
    • Reduced national output
    • Increased economic efficiency
    • Lower structural unemployment

  17. What is meant by the economic term occupational segregation?

    • Equal skill distribution
    • Demographic job concentration
    • High labour mobility
    • Equal sector distribution

  18. What empirical evidence best indicates wage discrimination in a labour market?

    • Regional minimum wages
    • Different education levels
    • Varied hours worked
    • Equal-skill wage gaps

  19. Why does wage discrimination persist in labour markets with imperfect information?

    • High minimum wages
    • Reliance on stereotypes
    • Perfect wage transparency
    • Perfect labour mobility

  20. What is the main firm-level consequence of excluding qualified groups from senior management?

    • Increased market share
    • Lower production costs
    • Higher worker productivity
    • Smaller talent pool

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