ECON 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Employment Discrimination
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Unemployment rate: number of unemployed people as a percentage of the number of people who are either working or actively seeking employment. Unemployment rates for men: higher than for women. Asian-americans: lowest unemployment rates among all races. African-americans: higher rates of unemployment than do whites. Judging an individual on the average characteristics of his or her group: employment discrimination, belief: women are more likely, to stay home with sick children, to quit their jobs because their spouses and being transferred. Occupational crowding: crowding some group of workers into a limited number of jobs, some occupations, dominated by men- more highly paid, dominated by women. Higher employment and earning: usually white and male. Lower employment and earning: minorities, including women.
