If a law firm prefers to hire men over women because the firm has found men to be more productive, on average, then the firm is practicing:
A. Wage discrimination
B. Reverse discrimination
C. Statistical discrimination
D. Human-capital discrimination
C. Statistical discrimination
Economics
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A) A fall in the price of paper B) A fall in the incomes of all consumers C) A rise in the incomes of all consumers D) A fall in the price of pens
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In the market for oranges, the demand and supply of oranges decrease by the same amount. The equilibrium quantity will ________ and the equilibrium price will ________
A) decrease; not change B) decrease; fall C) remain the same; either rise or fall D) remain the same; rise
Economics