Which of the following has been a result of welfare reform?

Which of the following has been a result of welfare reform?
 a. employment among mothers who head families substantially decreased
  b. about two thirds of mothers who head families found work only eight years after reform
  c. the incomes of mothers who head families went down on average
  d. welfare spending per recipient decreased significantly
  e. most states combined tough new eligibility rules with an expanded menu of welfare services

QUESTION 2

Other things equal, the supply of labor will be greater to a job that
 a. requires advanced education and training
  b. requires most working hours be on weekends
  c. requires hard physical labor
  d. allows the employee greater discretion in the use of time
  e. has a higher probability of injury or death

QUESTION 3

It is difficult to say whether welfare causes daughters from welfare families to be more likely to participate in the welfare system themselves because
 a. the same factors that contribute to a mother's welfare status can also contribute to her daughter's welfare status
  b. no research has been done on this topic
  c. economists are unconcerned with questions about welfare status
  d. if two factors occur together, then one must cause the other
  e. it is possible that the daughter's welfare status causes the welfare programs

QUESTION 4

In many cities, garbage collectors earn more than social workers. What could explain this wage differential?
 a. Social work provides more nonmonetary rewards than garbage collecting does.
  b. There is a greater demand for social workers.
  c. There is a greater supply of trash collectors.
  d. Collecting garbage requires less skill.
  e. Social work is a less prestigious profession.

QUESTION 5

Economists have no concern that children on welfare might be more likely to end up on welfare as adults.
 a. True
  b. False

QUESTION 6

Truck drivers usually earn more than secretaries because
 a. drivers require more education and training
  b. truck drivers have more flexibility in their daily activities
  c. truckers face greater risks
  d. secretaries have higher productivity than truckers
  e. truckers are discriminated against

QUESTION 7

According to a recent five-year survey of U.S. business ownership, the number of black-owned businesses rose
 a. 45 percent
  b. 450 percent
  c. 90 percent
  d. 25 percent
  e. 4.5 percent