Consider how changes in the racial wage gap are measured in a household survey like the current population survey. by ""racial wage gap"" i mean the residual in a blinder-oaxaca decomposition using standard labor economics variables. how do rising incarceration rates of african-american men affect the measured change? how do they affect the size of the gap? how do they affect the apparent rate of convergence? (you should be able to answer each of these questions with a single sentence (and not a compound sentence

Bonds often pay a coupon twice a year. for the valuation of bonds that make semiannual payments, the number of periods doubles, whereas the amount of cash flow decreases by half. using the values of cash flows and number of periods, the valuation model is adjusted accordingly. assume that a $1,000,000 par value, semiannual coupon us treasury note with three years to maturity has a coupon rate of 3%. the yield to maturity (ytm) of the bond is 7.70%. using this information and ignoring the other costs involved, calculate the value of the treasury note:

Tom has brought $150,000 from his pension to a new job where his employer will match 401(k) contributions dollar for dollar. each year he contributes $3,000. after seven years, how much money would tom have in his 401(k)?

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to