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? What hypothesis would you test to determine if the firm is discriminating against female employees?

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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? What hypothesis would you
test to determine if the firm is discriminating against female employees?
Transcribed Image Text: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? What hypothesis would you test to determine if the firm is discriminating against female employees?
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