Over time, poverty in the United States, as measured by the number of poor, has increased the most
a. among women because of discrimination
b. among women because of an increasing divorce rate
c. among households headed by women
d. among the elderly because of cutbacks in the Social Security program
e. for men because there are more of them
C
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Between 1960 and 2011,
A) the male labor force participation rate decreased rapidly, the female labor force participation rate decreased slowly, and the two rates are now equal. B) the male labor force participation rate decreased and the female labor force participation rate increased. C) both the male and female labor force participation rates increased. D) both the male and female labor force participation rates decreased slowly. E) the male labor force participation rate did not change and the female labor force participation rate increased.
Refer to the above figure. For a normal good, the rightward shift of the curve could have been caused by
A) a technological improvement. B) an increase in the cost of inputs. C) an increase in income. D) a decrease in income.