Employment and Unemployment — AQA Past Paper Questions

Explain the factors which determine the natural rate of unemployment.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment

Discuss the view that high levels of employment are always beneficial for an economy.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment

Us ing th e data in Extract D (Figure 3), calculate the difference between the UK’s and Argentina’s mean unemployment rates over the period 2015 to 2018. Give your answer to two decimal places.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment

Using the data in Extract A (Figure 1), calculate the mean unemployment rate for the UK from 2007–08 to 2017–18. Give your answer to one decimal place.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment

Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 2) show that the UK has had poor real wage growth since 2008.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment · 2.1.4 Uses of National Income Data

Explain how demand-side and supply-side shocks might increase unemployment in an economy.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment · 2.2.2 AD and AS Analysis

Explain the causes of cyclical and structural unemployment.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment

Assess the view that falling unemployment will inevitably lead to an improvement in the standard of living for people in the UK.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment · 2.1.4 Uses of National Income Data

Explain how government policies can reduce the natural rate of unemployment.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment · 2.5.2 Supply-Side Policies

Explain why, in advanced economies, economic growth is usually accompanied by a fall in employment in manufacturing but an increase in employment in the service sector.

2.3.2 Employment and Unemployment · 2.6.5 Growth and Development