Which one of the following can best be described as a supply-side element in the labor market, as such elements are e...
izyatSeptember 27, 2019
Why isnt choice A correct here
How could the supply-side refer to the value placed on labor as something concrete? Value placed on labor seems intangible, whereas wouldn't supply side be something like A, the businesses supplying the market?
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You suggested that the answer to this supply-side question requires something "concrete." I take that to mean that you are looking for an economically viable answer to this question. However, the author is only using an "economic metaphor" (Line 8.) The author equates the immigrants' cultural characteristics with the supply-side. Cultural characteristics may be intangible, but the author spends half the passage discussing them, so we cannot ignore them.
Pay attention to this part of the question stem: "as such elements are explained in the passage." We don't need a strong understanding of economics to answer this question. We just need to follow the author's reasoning. The question asks us for a supply-side element of the labor market, which the author has already described as cultural characteristics. Only one of the answer choices fits this description, and that is C.
