WS222 Lecture : Gender Issues My notes are baller. I wouldn't have passed the course if I didn't go to class and take these.

Diversity and Equality in the workplace.

Read the article, 'The On-the-Ground Reality of Women Leaders'.

Starvish, M. (2013, April 17). The on-the-ground reality of women leaders. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2013/04/17/the-on-the-ground-reality-of-women-leaders/

Based on the content of this article and your personal experiences, what do believe are the major challenges facing a diversity of culture and gender in the workplace today? When considering the proper skills needed for effective negotiation, what are the major advantages to utilizing diversity in positions of leadership? What do you believe can reduce workplace discrimination, thus promoting the value of diversity and equality?

Eric and Kate are debating the pricing strategy of several airlines. Eric argues, "When airlines restrict discounted tickets to people who book well in advance and stay over on a Saturday, it is not price discrimination because the restrictions have nothing to do with individual buyers' willingness to pay." However, Kate says, "The airlines' stay-over restrictions are a form of price discrimination because they roughly split the market into two separate groups that are willing to pay two different amounts."

Do economists generally agree with Eric or Kate?

Question 1:

Economic discrimination puts the economy inside its production possibilities curve because discrimination:

Question 2:

Economic discrimination:

Question 3:

Labor market discrimination creates a:

Question 4:

An increase in the collective discrimination coefficients of employers will:

Question 5:

A reduction in the collective discrimination coefficients of employers will:

Question 6:

In the taste-for-discrimination model:

Question 7:

Which of the following employers is the most prejudiced? Employer:

Question 8:

An implication of the taste-for-discrimination model is that:

Question 9:

An employer is prejudiced, prefers to hire white rather than African-American workers, and is willing to pay higher wages to obtain white workers. This illustrates:

Question 10:

Empirical studies generally find that the estimated discrimination coefficient is larger in southern versus northern states. True or False: presuming that the wage differential is due to employer discrimination, this necessarily implies that there are more discriminating employers in the South than there are in the North.