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GWD 08-35-37 Research data indicate that there is a great deal of poverty in the United States among single- Line parent families headed by women. (5) This problem could result from the fact that women’s wages are only 60 percent of men’s. Some economists believe that rigorous enforcement of existing equal pay (10) laws would substantially decrease this wage inequity. But equal pay laws are ineffectual when women and men are concentrated in differ- ent occupations because such laws (15)
require only that women and men doing the same jobs be paid the same. Since gender concentration exists (for example, 80 percent of clerical workers are women), other (20) economists argue that a compar- able worth standard, which would mandate that women and men in any jobs that require comparable training and responsibility be paid (25) the same, should be applied instead. But some policy analysts assert that, although comparable worth would virtually equalize male and female wages, many single- (30) parent families headed by women would remain in poverty because many men earn wages that are below the poverty line. These policy analysts believe that the (35) problem is not caused primarily by wage inequity but rather by low wages coupled with single parent- hood, regardless of sex. As a solution, they challenge the govern- (40) ment’s assumption that a family’s income should depend primarily on wages and urge the government to provide generous wage supple- ments (child and housing allow- (45) ances) to single parents whose wages are low.
Q37: According to the passage, some economists believe that, in the United States, there would be smaller differences between the wages of women and men who do the same jobs if - equal pay laws were enforced more fully (A)
- more stringent equal pay laws were passed
- a more rigorous comparable worth standard were developed and applied
- more men entered the occupations in which women are concentrated
- women received the same kind and amount of job training that men receive
Hi folks, the answer is A. I am stil wondering, probably, D sounds a good choice.
Why not take D. It seems that the concentration of women and men in different jobs contributed to the inefficiency of the equal pay law. If more men entered the occupations in which women are concentrated, such an unbalanced concentration could be broken and therefore, the laws will be effectual. Finally, the differences between the wages of women and men who do the same jobs will be shortened.
Open for discussion, I really need you guys' update.
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