LSAT 143 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 143 - Section 3 - Question 05

June 2015

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT143 S3 Q05
+LR
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
89%
164
B
1%
158
C
2%
153
D
1%
159
E
6%
159
130
141
151
 +Easier 147.721 +SubsectionMedium

Home ownership is a sign of economic prosperity. This makes it somewhat surprising that across the various regions of Europe and North America, high levels of home ownership correspond with high levels of unemployment.

"Surprising" Phenomenon

Why is it that, even though home ownership is a sign of economic prosperity, high levels of home ownership correspond with high levels of unemployment across Europe and North America?

Objective

The correct answer will connect home ownership and unemployment in a way that explains why home ownership can lead to or cause unemployment, either by causing a homeowner to lose his job or by making that homeowner less able to acquire a new job.

A
Home ownership makes it more difficult to move to a place where jobs are more plentiful.

This explains the connection between home ownership and unemployment. If someone buys a home in a place with few available jobs, it is more difficult for him to move to a place with more available jobs and thus, it is more difficult for him to acquire a job.

B
Over the last few decades jobs have been moving from centralized areas to locations that are closer to homeowners.

This deepens the conflict by saying that jobs are more available to or convenient for homeowners. It does not provide an explanation for why home ownership and unemployment are connected.

C
The correspondence between high levels of home ownership and high levels of unemployment holds across countries with widely different social systems.

It may be the case that home ownership and unemployment are connected even across countries in Europe and North America with different social systems. But this does not provide an explanation for why home ownership and unemployment are connected in the first place.

D
People who own homes are more likely than those who rent to form support networks that help them to learn of local jobs.

Like (B), this deepens the conflict by saying that jobs are more available to or convenient for homeowners. It does not provide an explanation for why home ownership and unemployment are connected.

E
People are more likely to buy homes when they are feeling economically secure.

This provides a connection between home ownership and economic security, rather than between home ownership and unemployment. We cannot assume that unemployment gives one a feeling of economic security, so (E) does nothing to resolve the apparent conflict.

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