#4 - Cerrato: Economists argue both that the high turnover rate

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Complete Question Explanation

Fill in the Blank, Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice,

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

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[TootyFrooty]

Can you please provide a detailed explanation for this one, with breakdown for each answer?

Also, is the first sentence a sub conclusion?

Thanks!

[Dana D]

Hey Tooty,

Here we are trying to find what must be true based on Cerrato's arguement.

We are told the following facts:
- Part-time workers are more likely dissatisfied with their jobs than full-time workers
- lower paid, part-time workers threaten to take jobs from full-time employees
- job efficiency is higher with job satisfaction
- companies are unlikely to replace satisfied employees with dissatisfied ones

From these facts, we can tie some ideas together, because these ideas are all premises that are supposed to support a conclusion. Even though part-time workers threaten to take jobs from full-time employees, there's some reason companies don't replace all full-time workers with part-time ones - why? Maybe because companies are unlikely to replace satisfied employees with dissatisfied ones and part-time workers are more likely to be dissatisfied.

Looking at the answer choices, this closely matches answer choice (C). Furthermore, with (C) added in as a conclusion, all the information in the stimulus serves as supporting evidence effectively.

The first sentence would not be a sub-conclusion, just a premise. It's simply stating the point of view of many economists.