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ECO202 – Microeconomics

Unit 6 Assignment: Pay Discrimination

Due: Sunday by 11:59 pm at the end of Unit 6.

Why do women earn less than men?

In this assignment you will look at the data on women's and men's pay, and explore reasons for the pay differential. Respond to the 3 key questions below.

What does the data tell us?

1. Based on information you find in the sites below, compile a list of the five most important statistics that you find regarding pay differentials. Explain why each statistic is important.

Go to the U.S. Department of Labor's Women’s Bureau "Women in the Labor Force in 2006" at: http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce-06.htm

For a journalistic summary see "End Sex Discrimination for Good" in The Christian Science Monitorat:http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0501/p09s02-coop.html

What are the reasons for the pay differential?

2. Prepare a list of explanations for the pay differential based on this source:http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/career/20050307a1.asp

3. Choose the two most plausible explanations from your two lists. Summarize the data in support of these two explanations.

Your final product will be a paper that:

· Addresses each of the four questions above in total.

· Is APA fortatted.

· The body is to be 2 pages minimum.

The requirements for your assignment are:

1. Answer each question fully

2. Define the overall subject of each question.

3. Cite at least three (3) resources from this week’s materials.

Students: Be sure to read the criteria and review the grading rubric on the next page, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.