The government of the country of Marina has recently implemented sever

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The government of the country of Marina has recently implemented several changes in its regulations governing the migration of people in and out of the country. Even though the changed regulations will not result in any decline in immigration, one of the causes of high unemployment in the country, the government is confident that the unemployment will reduce in the coming months because of the changes.

Which of the following, if true, provides the best reason for the expectation?

A. One of the main hurdles for the people of Marina seeking employment outside the country had been the recently removed government regulations requiring them to work within the country after their graduation for at least 10 years.

B. Over the years, the government of Marina has made many significant changes to its immigration and emigration policies, impacting the overall unemployment rate every single time.

C. Many Marinian companies have now stopped outsourcing their customer-service requirements from other countries, a change that will add thousands of new jobs to the economy.

D. Because of the changed regulations, many people who would otherwise have immigrated to Marina will be discouraged to do so and will instead opt to immigrate to its neighboring country, Xamalia.

E. In the past few years, top universities in Marina have tied up with major multi-national companies around the world, which hire most of the fresh college graduates.

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asmba · Answer

Answer Choice (A)  - Unemployment in Marina could be high because of government regulations which have now been removed --> if people move overseas for jobs, unemployment numbers will go down (keeping in mind that there will be no decline in immigration because of changed regulations) -->  keep 
Choice B - we don't know about immigration and emigration policies and their impact on unemployment rate --> discard
Choice C - new info introduced --> discard
Choices D & E talk about things which are out of scope

Priyanshu1810 · Answer

I think D is wrong because it contradicts the fact present in the passage.
Also I thought that we have to give explanation for the new regulation of immigration not another one regarding employment for 10 years.
I can't find any one option to be best of 5
Can anybody please help

mysterymanrog · Answer

D does not really contradict any of the facts presented in the passage. D more or less tells you what type of effect the change in regulations might have - that people will now migrate to Xamlia rather than Marina. This is, as you pointed out, not sufficient for explaining the paradox. The paradox still remains unsolved even if this effect were true.

mysterymanrog · Answer

For paradox questions, it is useful to rephrase the question: Why would it be, given a change in immigration law, that the government expects unemployment to go down in the near future even though immigration is one of the causes of unemployment?

A) This could be a good choice. Keep for now.

B) This might be true, but it is too vague. Impacting the unemployment rate how? Does it impact in a way that it reduces, which would help solve the paradox, or does it impact in a way that increases the unemployment rate, which would deepen the paradox. This cannot be the answer, since it is not stated what type of impact there would be.

C) This is also a contender. Keep for now.

D) This is a possible effect of the change in migration law, but does not help resolve the paradox. Even if this were true, it does not impact the argument in any way.

E) This is a neat trap - notice that it says "in the past few years". This means that it cannot be the answer, since the law change was recent, and the government expects the change in unemployment to occur in the following months. This means that the partnerships with the top universities was there even before the law change, and since we know unemployment was high in the country even with these partnerships, it cannot be the reason why unemployment would go down in the following months.

A vs. C

C is very close to the answer, but it is further away than A. C tells us that many companies will now stop outsourcing certain types of jobs. This could very well be true, but not solve the paradox. Imagine a case where the citizens do not wish to take these jobs, would the unemployment reduce? No. We need to make the second assumption that the citizens will want to apply for these jobs for the expectation of the decrease in unemployment rate to be true.

A is much better than C. A directly tells us that, some people were seeking employment outside of the country but were not able to because of a law requiring them to work in Marina for at least 10 years. If this restriction was removed, then we can expect those people to seek jobs outside of the country, which would make the governments expectation of a decrease in unemployment rate somewhat more sound.

A is the correct answer.

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