GWD8-Q35

veralove3271

Research data indicate that there is a great deal of poverty in the United States among single-parent families headed by women. This problem could result from the fact that women’s wages are only 60 percent of men’s. Some economists believe that rigorous enforcement of existing equal pay laws would substantially decrease this wage inequity. But equal pay laws are ineffectual when women and men are concentrated in different occupations because such laws require only that women and men doing the same jobs be paid the same. Since gender concentration exists (for example, 80 percent of clerical workers are women), other economists argue that a comparable worth standard, which would mandate that women and men in any jobs that require comparable training and responsibility be paid the same, should be applied instead. But some policy analysts assert that, although comparable worth would virtually equalize male and female wages, many single-parent families headed by women would remain in poverty because many men earn wages that are below the poverty line. These policy analysts believe that the problem is not caused primarily by wage inequity but rather by low wages coupled with single parent hood, regardless of sex. As a solution, they challenge the government’s assumption that a family’s income should depend primarily on wages and urge the government to provide generous wage supplements (child and housing allowances) to single-parents whose wages are low.
GWD-8-Q35 :
The passage suggests that the United States government’s policy towards providing wage supplements to parents whose wages are low is
A.    considered ill advised by most economists who have studied the issue
B.    based on assumptions about the appropriate sources of family income
C.    under revision in response to criticism from some policy analysts
D.    capable of eliminating wage inequality but not of raising incomes for both women and men
E.    applicable to single-parent families headed by women but not to single-parent families headed by men
刚才这道题做错了 查了一些讨论帖 貌似没有和我犯一样错误的 我选的D 正确答案是B 我认为这句话 But some policy analysts assert that, although comparable worth would virtually equalize male and female wages, many single-parent families headed by women would remain in poverty because many men earn wages that are below the poverty line.说明D对 would virtually equalize male and female wages不就是说消除inequality ，“because many men earn wages that are below the poverty line.”就是说men和women income都太低了吗 求解

Sunfisher006

我还是不明白， 文中说政府的假设是错误的“a family’s income should depend primarily on wages ”，所以要改进， 要“provide generous wage supplements (child and housing allowances) to single-parents whose wages are low.”； 我的理解是政府目前还没有认识到这个错误， 所以造成了单亲家庭（无论男女都穷）的局面。
可是题答案是“The passage suggests that the United States government’s policy towards providing wage supplements to parents whose wages are low is based on assumptions about the appropriate sources of family income”
我觉得答案不是政府的观点啊， 而是作者的观点啊， 首先就排除了， 只有我一个人是这么想的吗

sogapink

那就好，我马上二战了，相当于复读生，可能有点经验而已

veralove3271

我明白了 文章问的是关于政策1的information 而我挑的是一段政策2的来理解的 所以错了 多谢你的解释写得很详细 我读文章时特别容易犯这种张冠李戴的错

sogapink

搂住定位的没错，可是理解错了。你上面quote的那句话是在说 “other economists argue that a comparable worth standard, which would mandate that women and men in any jobs that require comparable training and responsibility be paid the same, should be applied instead”这个policy，而题目是问：文章最后的这个policy“ a family’s income should depend primarily on wages and urge the government to provide generous wage supplements。”
简单解释就是，原文说
1。老的同工同酬的政策呢，只衡量男女做同一种工作条件下的平等报酬，这个政策很多时候很难衡量是因为很多时候男女不做同种工作。因为某些职业男女比较集中。
2。而后呢，基于1的基础上，有些经济分析师改进了这个政策，就是说根据男女的相当的培训和职责来保证男女同酬。
3。文章最后说，以上1和2都不是解决单亲（母亲）家庭的贫困的根本办法，因为这些人贫困的根本原因不是男女不同酬，而是男女都很穷，所以根本解决办法是政府提供慷慨的津贴。
题目问，政府对于低收入父母提供津贴的这项举措是：B是最好的。
混淆选项是C，C的问题在于under revision，因为举措3不是基于1和2的改进版本，而是基于根本原因分析的全新的举措。D选项说的完全是相反的。