I’m working on a Social Science test / quiz prep and need support to help me study.

PLEASE NO PLAGIARISM

For this homework you can go to a report on Highlight of Women’s Earnings for 2018 prepared by the US Dept of Labor using data collected by the Current Population Survey. The website address for the report is https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-earnings/2018/home.htm (there is also a direct link in blackboard to this website under the external links button). The tables and data you may want to look at are tables 1 and 2 found under statistical tables; you need to click the “+” next to Tables 1 and 2, to see the full tables. You could also draw on the powerpoint slides for week 9 to help answer these questions. As long as you fill in worksheet you get credit for this homework assignment. I am not grading your answers.

Answer the following questions for your homework assignment:

1. What is the current gender wage gap as of 2018 (comparing all working age women and men)?

2. If we examine race along with gender is there still a gender wage gap? Explain. (e.g.,What’s your evidence?)

3. What’s the impact of education on the earnings of men and women? Do increases in education affect the gender pay gap?

4. Would holding different jobs affect the gender pay gap? Explain.

5. Do any of these tables prove discrimination? Explain why or why not.