Question

A large company is accused of gender discrimination in wages. The following model has been estimated from the company's human resource information.
In (WAGE) = 1.439 + .0834 EDU + .0512 EXPER + .1932 MALE
Where WAGE is hourly wage, EDU is years of education. EXPER is years of relevant experience, and MALE indicates the employee is male How much more do men at the firm earn, on average?
a) $1.21 per hour more than females
b) 19.32% more than females
c) $19.32 per hour
d) $19, 320 more per year than females^2

Answer 1

Answer: b) 19.32% more than females

Explanation:

According to the model for calculating how wages are paid to employees, there is a .1932 coefficient attached to being a male employee. This means that 0.1932 (19.32% ) is added to an employees salary if they are males. This simply means that males are getting paid 19.32% more than other employees in the company which is this case are females.