The loss of entire categories of jobs without the creation of new occupations would be_______________?
Correct answer: A. structural mobility of a negative sort
- A. structural mobility of a negative sort
- B. horizontal mobility
- C. intragenerational mobility
- D. status ambiguity
Explanation
Structural mobility occurs when changes in the economy alter the number or type of available positions; eliminating whole job categories without replacement produces downward or negative structural mobility. Horizontal and intragenerational mobility describe different dimensions of movement.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
About Microeconomics
Individual consumers, firms and markets are examined through demand and supply, elasticity, consumer choice, production, costs, revenue and the determination of prices and output. The topic also covers market structures such as perfect competition, monopoly and oligopoly, plus market failure, externalities and the distinction between microeconomic decisions and economy-wide outcomes.
Practise Microeconomics
1,742 free Microeconomics MCQs from Economics, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask Economics questions like this
Economics is on 3 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Microeconomics questions
Where one stands in the social hierarchy is intimately related to________________?
Craftsmen foremen secretary's office workers belong to the________________?
Membership in specific racial ethnic and religious groupings is________________?
Present theories of stratification__________________?
Conflict theorists view stratification systems as______________?
Which are the dimensions of stratification ?