Exam 11: Work and Unemployment

Which of the following perspectives states that capitalism benefits an elite class that controls not only the economy, but other aspects of society as well?

Jim works at a job where technology is rapidly changing and he is having a hard time keeping up. Jim is likely experiencing which of the following?

The primary labour market refers to jobs that involve low pay, no security, few benefits, and little chance for advancement.

Which labour market refers to jobs that are poorly paid with no security?

In developing countries with little industrialization, more than half the labour force works in the primary work sector.

Job exportation had a particularly profound effect on garment workers and the Canadian garment industry in the 1990s.

In some countries, children learn to regard working as a necessary and important responsibility and rite of passage, rather than as an abuse of human rights. According to which of the following perspectives do the meanings and definitions of child labour contribute to its perpetuation?

Child labour also increases poverty by depressing already low wages.