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As per a government rule, all laborers working a minimum of 50 hours per week qualify to obtain a certain minimum wage.
The rule was introduced a decade ago to safeguard laborers' interests. While its intention has been noble, the rule has, in
practicality, hurt the laborers because there is now reluctance from contractors to provide to laborers anything more than
the minimum wages.

Which one of the following, if true, best explains the contractors' reluctance described above?

A. Laborers do not have any option but to work for these contractors.
B. This rule has brought a surge in the total number of workers wanting to work a minimum of 50 hours per week.
C. Mandating a minimum wage is a standard practice and contractors globally follow similar behavior
D. Minimum wage was introduced as a form of political campaign and the government is not serious in verifying
whether it is actually being implemented.
E. Laborers prefer a fixed certain wage, although it may be meager, over uncertainties in income.

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I think ans is B, but don't know why. I chose B only because other answers are wrong...
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I think ans is B, but don't know why. I chose B only because other answers are wrong...
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Answer B basically points us to a rise in supply.

More money = more people willing to do the job = Less bargaining power for the individual worker

Thus, we are seeing a price drop towards the lower boundary (min. wage) as long as demand for the respective type of work does not increase.

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Shouldn't the answer be A
A. Laborers do not have any option but to work for these contractors

If the laborers do not have any option but to work for contractors, contractors can exploit them and give them minimum wages
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Shouldn't the answer be A
A. Laborers do not have any option but to work for these contractors

If the laborers do not have any option but to work for contractors, contractors can exploit them and give them minimum wages
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ishan261288, Let's Deep-Dive!

Ideally, the noble rule SHOULD work in favor of workers to avoid over-exploitation.
Now, The contractors are reluctant -----------> The rule is hurting the interest of laborers.

However, this fact is the discrepancy:
    Why a rule, which was initiated for the greater good for the laborers, brought repercussions to the contractors, resulting in hurting the interest of laborers?

Pre-Think:
    We need a factor, which CURRENTLY provides either an advantage for the laborers or a disadvantage for the contractors, resulting in the reluctance of the contractors.

Answer choice analysis:
    A. Laborers do not have any option but to work for these contractors.
      If laborers are at the weaker side ,i.e, if the laborers are in NO position to negotiate, why should the contractors be reluctant?
      - More the reason to exploit!
      This option goes against the Pre-Thinking.

    B. This rule has brought a surge in the total number of workers wanting to work a minimum of 50 hours per week.
      Aha! The workers are at the edge (the stronger side - an advantage for the laborers) and want to exploit the noble rule in order to fulfill the minimum 50 manhours.
      B directly asserts the Pre-Thinking. A contender - Let's Keep it!

    C. Mandating a minimum wage is a standard practice and contractors globally follow similar behavior.
      Irrelevant to the argument

    D. The minimum wage was introduced as a form of political campaign and the government is not serious in verifying whether it is actually being implemented.
      Great! lot's of information - However, Irrelevant to the argument

    E. Laborers prefer a fixed certain wage, although it may be meager, over uncertainties in income.
      What Laborers prefer is immaterial in this context. We need to explain the reluctance of the contractors.
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­A. Laborers do not have any option but to work for these contractors.
While this might explain why laborers accept the minimum wage, it doesn't explain why contractors are reluctant to offer more than the minimum wage.

B. This rule has brought a surge in the total number of workers wanting to work a minimum of 50 hours per week.
This provides a plausible economic rationale. If there is a surge in the number of workers willing to work the minimum required hours, contractors have a larger pool of labor available at the minimum wage rate. This larger supply of labor may reduce the contractors' incentive to offer more than the minimum wage, as they can easily find workers willing to work for the minimum wage.

C. Mandating a minimum wage is a standard practice and contractors globally follow similar behavior.
This suggests that contractors might be following a global trend, but it doesn’t explain the specific reluctance of contractors to pay more than the minimum wage.

D. Minimum wage was introduced as a form of political campaign and the government is not serious in verifying whether it is actually being implemented.
This implies a lack of enforcement, but it doesn't directly explain why contractors are reluctant to pay more than the minimum wage.

E. Laborers prefer a fixed certain wage, although it may be meager, over uncertainties in income.
This suggests that laborers value stability, but it doesn’t directly explain the contractors' reluctance to pay more than the minimum wage.
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