The economist Paula Whitfield contends that minimum wage increases have smaller effects on overall employment than is widely assumed. As evidence, Whitfield points to several recent studies of fast-food employment in metropolitan areas where minimum wages were raised, none of which detected the predicted job losses.
Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence in the text?
- A
It introduces a competing economist.
- B
It defines the term 'minimum wage'.
- C
It contradicts Whitfield's contention.
- Dcheck_circle
It supplies the evidence on which Whitfield's contention rests.
Explanation
The fast-food studies are presented as Whitfield's supporting evidence. B captures this evidentiary function.