Imagine the following situation: identically qualified and productive workers are divided equally into men and women ( 50% men and 50% women). All employers are men. Not all of the employers are prejudiced against women and a large proportion will hire them for the same work and pay them up to the same wage as men. Women are willing to work for wages less than men rather than not have a job. There is vigorous competition in the labor market. Under these circumstances which of the following will be the long term result?
a. firms will be segregated into those employing only men or only women
b. only firms employing men will survive
c. only firms employing women will survived. segregated and mixed firms may survive and men and women will be paid the samee. segregated and mixed firms may survive and women will be paid less than men according to the degree of prejudice
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