Question

Define economic discrimination.A. Economic discrimination is paying a person a lower wage for pleasant aspects of a job such as cleanliness. B. Economic discrimination is paying a person a lower wage or excluding a person from an occupation on the basis of an irrelevant characteristic such as educationeducation. C. Economic discrimination is paying a person a lower wage for unpleasant aspects of a job such as riskiness. D. Economic discrimination is causing a worker to underestimate the true risk of a job such as when jobs are hazardous. E. Economic discrimination is paying a person a lower wage or excluding a person from an occupation on the basis of an irrelevant characteristic such as gendergender.

Answer 1

E) Economic discrimination is paying a person a lower wage or excluding a person from an occupation on the basis of an irrelevant characteristic such as gender.

Step-by-step explanation:

Discrimination exists when someone from a protected class is being illegally excluded from working (or getting a promotion), using a public good or participating in a public event. Protected classes include people of different race, sex, color, national origin and religion.

In this case, if an employer doesn't want to hire or promote someone for their gender or sexual orientation would be an example of economic discrimination. Economic discrimination occurs when someone is discriminated based on economic factors, e.g. labor, price of goods, etc.

Answer 2

E

Step-by-step explanation:

Economic discrimination is paying a person a lower wage or excluding a person from an occupation on the basis of an irrelevant characteristic such as gender.

This type of discrimination is based on economic factors. These factors ranges from job availability, to wages.

Economic discrimination is When a person receives lower wages than other people that work in the same establishment on account of their gender, race, age, religion or ethnicity.