Answer the question below Transcribed Image Text: FIGURE 11.8
The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage
of Men’s Income Do Women Earn?
$80
70
$61,783
60
50
$50,241
…
70%
$43,305
40
$40,367
Men
66%
30
$28,979
$32,940
66%
$26,547
$24,999
71%
$19,173
20
Women
65%
$20,591
$12,934
60%
$16,252
$9,184
10
$5,434 $6,598
615
$3,296 $3,816
60%
$11,159
59%
58%
$5,440
$7,719
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
Year
Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995:Table 739; 2002:Table 6663B
2011:Table 702, and earlier years. Broken lines indicate the author’s estimate.
Review Figure 11.8 “The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage
4)
of Men’s Income Do Women Earn?” What is the likely outcome of the trend if the
direction of the lines continues indefinitely?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Women will overtake men in earnings within the next 25 years.
Women will be equal to men in earnings in the next 25 years.
Men will pull away and increase the pay gap considerably by 2050.
Women will still make less than men at approximately the same
percentage.
Income in Thousands
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