首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] The wage gap is a statistical indicator often used as an inde
[originaltext] The wage gap is a statistical indicator often used as an inde
游客
2023-07-23
89
管理
问题
The wage gap is a statistical indicator often used as an index of the status of women’s earnings relative to men’s. It is also used to compare the earnings of other races and ethnicities to those of white males, a group generally not subject to race --or sex--based discrimination. The wage gap is expressed as a percentage (e. g. , in 2003, women earned 76% as much as men) and is calculated by dividing the median annual earnings for women by the median annual earnings for men.
The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who hold the same job and do the same work. At the time of the EPA’s passage, women earned just 58 cents for every dollar earned by men. By 2003, 40 years later, that rate had only increased to 76 cents, an improvement of less than half a penny a year. Minority women fare the worst. African-American women earn just 65 cents to every dollar earned by white men, and for Hispanic women that figure drops to merely 54 cents per dollar.
If working women earned the same as men (those who work the same number of hours; have the same education, age, and union status; and live in the same region of the country), their annual family incomes would rise by $4,000 and poverty rates would be cut in half.
选项
A、work the same number of hours; same education, age and union status; live in different regions of the country.
B、live in the same region of the country; same age and union status; work same num her of hours.
C、worked for the government; lived in the same region of the country; education; same age; union status and education.
D、work the same number of hours; same age, union status and education; lived in the same region of the country.
答案
D
解析
此题考查听细节的能力。解题关键是抓住句子“work the same number of hours;same age,union status and education; lived in the same region of the country”。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2862659.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:Hey,Sue.IwaswonderingifyoucouldfillmeinonMonday’s
[originaltext]W:Let’sdropbythepostofficeagain,Fred,andseeifthereis
[originaltext]W:Let’sdropbythepostofficeagain,Fred,andseeifthereis
[originaltext]W:Let’sdropbythepostofficeagain,Fred,andseeifthereis
[originaltext]W:Let’sdropbythepostofficeagain,Fred,andseeifthereis
[originaltext]W:Let’sdropbythepostofficeagain,Fred,andseeifthereis
Whatdowelearnabouttheseainthemodemtechnologicalworld?[originaltext]
WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutAnnRichards?[originaltext]AnnRichardswas
Whydoesn’tAshleygivethemanacallherself?[originaltext]M:PhysicsDepartm
Whydoesthewomanlikeskiingsomuch?[br][originaltext]M:Whatdoyoup
随机试题
[originaltext]M:Well,werethereotherforceswhichpushedthesocialchanges?
HowtoFaceDistressandFrustrationThirtyyearsago,H
Twentyyearsagothisweek,theBritishinventorTimBerners-Leecreatedthe
Oncetheydecidedtohavechildren,MiShelandCarlMeissnertackledthenex
下列不属于公路机电工程的是( )。A.公路监控设施 B.公路通信设施 C.
患儿5岁,自6个月起出现发绀,逐渐加重,有昏厥史,无肺炎史。查体:发绀明显,杵状
以下是G公司近两年的利润数据,如表5—1、表5—2所示。 根据以上资料
供应商认证的流程包括()。A.成立供应商认证小组 B.确定供应商评审的主要指
下列影响房地产价格的自身因素中,不属于房地产实物因素的是()。A.建筑结构
处于新兴行业的企业更适合采取的薪酬调查方式是( )。A.企业之问相互调查 B
最新回复
(
0
)