Over time, the gap between the wages of workers with a college degree and the wages of workers without a college degree has been increasing. shouldn't this gap have increased the incentive for workers to earn a college degree, thereby increasing the supply of college-educated workers and reducing the size of the gap? this wage gap may have not been reduced because a. the demand for college-educated workers has increased more slowly than the supply of college-educated workers. b. a college education is only a signal of desirable worker characteristics and does not change wages. c. the demand for workers without a college degree has been increasing due to globalization. d. the supply for workers without a college degree has been decreasing due to immigration. e. both a and b.

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

In mexico, many garment or sewing shops found they could entice many young people to work for them if they offered clean, air conditioned work areas with high-quality locker rooms to clean up in after the work day. typically, traditional garment shops had to offer to get workers to apply for the hard, repetitive, and somewhat dangerous work. a. benchmark competitive wages b.compensating differentials c. monopoly wages d. wages based on human capital development of each employee

:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?