👑Labor Market and Employment  Essays

Discuss whether a government should subsidise the provision of training.

Discuss whether or not a rise in the working-age population, as a percentage of the total population, will be beneficial to a country.

Explain how an increase in a worker's income can affect their mobility of labour.

Explain the possible causes of low unemployment.

Spain has had one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe. Moreover, 3.5 million of those unemployed had been out of work for at least a year by 2015. The Spanish Government has introduced a range of policy measures, including increased government spending, to reduce unemployment and poverty. It has also tried to help firms make the supply of their products more elastic.

Analyse why price elasticity of supply can differ between products. [6]

Discuss whether or not increasing the strength of trade unions will benefit an economy.

Analyse how an increase in investment may affect unemployment.

Analyse why someone may switch from working in the public sector to working in the private sector.

Explain how frictional unemployment differs from cyclical unemployment.

Discuss whether or not an increase in the wages of dentists will increase the number of dentists employed.

Analyse the impact of strikes on an economy.

Explain thereasons for growth in average earnings.