SAT Reading & Writing · Inferences
The dependence of program effects on labor-market conditions suggests that ______
Randomized studies of employment assistance programs have often found that services such as job counseling, appointment reminders, or matching unemployed workers with suitable openings can modestly shorten how long people remain unemployed, with the size of this effect varying depending on overall labor-market conditions at the time. Which choice most logically completes the text?
The dependence of program effects on labor-market conditions suggests that ______
The dependence of program effects on labor-market conditions suggests that ______
Answer and explanation
Answer: B: the value of a given employment intervention may depend partly on the external conditions in which it is implemented, not solely on the design of the program itself.
The passage's key qualifier, effects "vary depending on overall labor-market conditions," points directly to external context mattering alongside program design, which is B. A contradicts the passage's explicit statement of variation. C invents a comparison to cash benefits the passage never makes. D contradicts the underlying logic of the passage, which implies labor-market conditions, including job availability, matter a great deal.
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