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The Fall 1998, No. 13 Economic Issues . Have you been thinking about Income Inequality and the Education Divide? (This is an Adobe Acrobat Reader file).
Does this topic "peak" your interest? "Does Education Pay Off?"

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Check out the QUIZ on pages 16-18 of the above publication! Such questions as:

  1. What is the main reason that incomes are becoming
    less equally distributed?
  2. Why is the income distribution in Europe more equal
    than in the U. S., while the unemployment rate is higher?
  3. How can the difference between the "minimum" wage
    and "reservation" wage best be explained?
  4. What best explains the meaning of the phrase "education divide"?
  5. What may impact the increasing inequality of incomes in the world?
  6. Why is getting and continuing an education more important
    today than it was 100 years ago?
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      for U.S. Consumer Food Exports

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