Using supply and demand to model employment discrimination, if blacks are legally confined to certain professions then the wage paid to whites in other professions will be ______ and the wage paid to blacks will be ______.

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When blacks are legally confined to certain professions, it creates an artificial scarcity of black workers in other professions, resulting in an inefficiently high wage for white workers in those professions. On the other hand, in the professions where blacks are restricted, there is an oversupply of black workers, leading to an inefficiently low wage for black workers in those professions.

Using Supply and Demand to Model Employment Discrimination, If Blacks