A disadvantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program is that it does not help alleviate poverty due to unemployment, sickness, or other inability to work

If men, on average, earn 20 percent more than women in a particular occupation,

a. this is clear evidence of discrimination b. some of this differential could be due to differences in human capital c. most but not all of the differential is due to discrimination d. comparable worth laws must not be in effect e. men must have higher skills levels than women

When the curve that envelops the series of possible short-run average total cost curves is horizontal, this means that there are

a. economies of scale b. diseconomies of scale c. constant returns to scale d. diminishing returns e. some fixed factors of production