1. _______________involves active efforts to improve the job opportunities or outcomes of minority groups or women. A)Affirmative action B)Aligned action C)Meritorious action D)Anti-discriminative action 2.Increased immigration that is weighted towards low-skill workers may cause the wages of domestic low-skilled workers to_____________. A)increase b) shift c) decrease D) remain unchanged 3.Through various studies, most economists believe that in the topic of increased immigration; a) benefits outweigh the costs B) the benefits are negligible c) the benefits are equal to the costs D) costs outweigh the benefits

1. ___involves active efforts to improve the job opportunities or outcomes of minority groups or women. A)Affirmative action B)Aligned action C)Meritorious action D)Anti-discriminative action 2.Increased immigration that is weighted towards low-skill workers may cause the wages of domestic low-skilled workers to_. A)increase b) shift c) decrease D) remain unchanged 3.Through various studies, most economists believe that in the topic of increased immigration; a) benefits outweigh the costs B) the benefits are negligible c) the benefits are equal to the costs D) costs outweigh the benefits

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Chapter10: Labor Markets And Income Distribution

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1. _______________involves active efforts to improve the job opportunities or outcomes of minority groups or women.

A)Affirmative action

B)Aligned action

C)Meritorious action

D)Anti-discriminative action

2.Increased immigration that is weighted towards low-skill workers may cause the wages of domestic low-skilled workers to_____________.

A)increase

b) shift

c) decrease

D) remain unchanged

3.Through various studies, most economists believe that in the topic of increased immigration;

a) benefits outweigh the costs

B) the benefits are negligible

c) the benefits are equal to the costs

D) costs outweigh the benefits

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