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Equilibrium discrimination and crowding. Suppose there are two occupations, nurses and athletes.

(1 point) If girls and boys are equally capable of becoming nurses or athletes, then do you expect discrimination to persist in a competitive market? What will happen when some employers discover that they can hire talented women athletes for less than they are paying men?

(1 point) Does the lack of women athletes mean that girls are incapable of becoming athletes? Give two ways that talented girls may face discrimination that keeps them from becoming athletes.

(1 point) Who benefits and who loses from this discrimination? Show the effect of discrimination on wages and employment in both occupations and on total output in each. (Hint: have one graph for nurses, and a separate one for athletes.)

(1 point) Are there circumstances where the government should not prevent discrimination? Would you favor keeping discrimination?

Answer 1

2)

The market for doctor has more demand for men as compaed to women whereas the market for nurses hasmore demand for women as compared to men. In other words there is inelastic demand for men in doctor market and for women in nurse market.

(a) The following graph shows market for doctors. The wage or salary for doctors is higher in men market
Women Wage Men Wage Quantity Quantity
The following graph shows market for nurses. Women are paid more as compared to men:
Men Women Wage Wage Quantity Quantity

(b) In Docotrs market men benefit and in nurse market women benefit and vice versa.

(c) If discrimination is elminated men will be affected and women will be benefitted since salary is always highe for doctors as compared to men desppite women having upper hand in nurse market.

(d) The governmnet should always prevent discrimination on the basis of gender. Salary shoudl always be on the basis of capability.