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The economies of some industrialized countries face the prospect of large labor shortages in the decades ahead. Meanwhile, these countries will have a vast number of experienced and productive older workers who, as things stand, will be driven from the work force upon reaching the age of sixty-five by the widespread practice of requiring workers to retire at that age. Therefore, if the discriminatory practice of mandatory retirement at age sixty-five were eliminated, the labor shortages facing these economies would be averted.
The argument assumes that
A. older workers have acquired skills that are extremely valuable and that their younger colleagues lack
B. workers in industrialized countries are often unprepared to face the economic consequences of enforced idleness
C. a large number of workers in some industrialized countries would continue working beyond the age of sixty-five if workers in those countries were allowed to do so
D. mandatory retirement at age sixty-five was first instituted when life expectancy was considerable lower than it is today
E. a substantial proportion of the population of officially retired workers is actually engaged in gainful employment
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The argument assumes that
A. older workers have acquired skills that are extremely valuable and that their younger colleagues lack
B. workers in industrialized countries are often unprepared to face the economic consequences of enforced idleness
C. a large number of workers in some industrialized countries would continue working beyond the age of sixty-five if workers in those countries were allowed to do so
D. mandatory retirement at age sixty-five was first instituted when life expectancy was considerable lower than it is today
E. a substantial proportion of the population of officially retired workers is actually engaged in gainful employment
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(A) No. The argument does not need this assumption. The problem is not that the younger workers are not skilled, it’s that there are not enough younger workers.
(B) No. The passage is about the size of the labor pool, not about the plight of retired workers.
(C) Yes. If the people would retire regardless of whether they were forced to, then abolishing the practice of mandatory retirement would have no affect on the size of the labor pool.
(D) No. This is irrelevant.
(E) No. This would weaken the argument. If many retired workers were already in the labor pool, those remaining may not be sufficient to make up for the coming labor shortages.
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23 Feb 2016, 11:33
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The argument assumes that -
A. older workers have acquired skills that are extremely valuable and that their younger colleagues lack
The stimulus talks about experience ad productivity of the workers.
B. workers in industrialized countries are often unprepared to face the economic consequences of enforced idleness
Out of scope.
C. a large number of workers in some industrialized countries would continue working beyond the age of sixty-five if workers in those countries were allowed to do so
Try to negate this option thee argument falls apart.
If a small number of workers in some industrialized countries continue working beyond the age of sixty-five then labor shortage would not be averted.
D. mandatory retirement at age sixty-five was first instituted when life expectancy was considerable lower than it is today
Out of scope.
E. a substantial proportion of the population of officially retired workers is actually engaged in gainful employment
Out of scope.
Hence IMHO (C)
Option (A) might look close but it is nowhere mentioned in the passage hence can be negated.
