《西方经济学》双语课件PPTch19-Earnings and Discrimination.pptVIP

In this chapter, look for the answers to these questions: How do wages compensate for differences in job characteristics? Why do people with more education earn higher wages? Why are wages sometimes above their equilibrium values? Why is it difficult to measure discrimination? When might the market solve the problem of discrimination? When might it not? U.S. Median Weekly Earnings, Selected Occupations, 2005 Introduction In competitive markets, the wages workers earn equal the value of their marginal products. There are many factors that affect productivity and wages… Compensating D