Wage differentials and minimum wage

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Why did Professor Williams invest additional resources to make this class an effective one? He could have received the same pay for doing considerably less work. Why didn't you allocate the amount of resources necessary to earn an A in this class?
Give brief analysis to each of the following:

(a) Evidence of sex discrimination lies in the fact that the median annual earnings of women are only 59 percent of male earnings.

(b) Professor of Economics, Betty J. Watson, of the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore said, in reference to the minimum wage, "It's more important to focus on creating jobs. Black youth have to deal with racism, and lowering the wage isn't going to help them find jobs." ( The Cincinnati Enquirer, November 23, 1986).

(c) Evaluate: A jet plane can fly from New York to Los Angeles three hours faster than a propeller driven plane. Which is the more efficient? Why?

3 Evaluate the following: The laws of supply and demand cannot apply to the labor market because labor is not a commodity to be bought and sold like machines.

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