Question

Which of the following descriptions BEST describes the employment mix of contemporary U.S. cities?

The employment sectors are dominated by manufacturing and industrial workers.
The majority of workers are moving away from industrial jobs and toward professional service jobs.
Cities are more focused on consumption and material goods than industrial activities.
Cities have less crime as higher percentages of people are becoming active in the workforce.
I only
IV only
II and III
III and IV
I, II, and IV

Answer 1

The best description of employment mix in US cities is by "II and III"-

Statement II- The majority of workers are moving away from industrial jobs and toward professional service jobs.

Statement III- Cities are more focused on consumption and material goods than industrial activities.

Step-by-step explanation:

As an economy progresses from developing to developed, it undergoes a sectoral transformation where the economic structure goes a transformative change. Since the US is a developed economy, its main workforce lies in the tertiary sector (mostly services sector) rather than manufacturing and other industrial activities.

Statement I- The statement is wrong since the majority of employment is from the services sector.

Statement II- As explained earlier, with the transformation of the economy, employment avenues move towards services (tertiary) and quaternary sectors.

Statement III- Due to increased disposable income of people and prosperity, cities are focussed on consumption, unlike developing countries where cities are the hub of industrial activity.

Statement IV- Crime in cities is high due to the high disparity of income. There is a high divergence of income between affluent and poor class which manifests itself in high crime rates.