👑Labor Market and Employment  Essays

Discuss whether or not a reduction in unemployment always increases living standards.

Discuss whether or not the 🍃Introduction of a national minimum wage will reduce poverty. In assessing each answer, use the table opposite. Why it might:

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

Discuss whether a rise in the wages paid to low-paid workers would benefit an economy.

Discuss whether a decrease in wage rates and an increase in working hours will always reduce the supply of workers to a firm.

Explain reasons why some top sportspeople have high earnings.

Trade Unions: Advantages and Disadvantages

Analyse why workers with the same skills may be paid different wage rates.

Explain why some young workers may earn more than some old workers.

Analyse the impact of strikes on an economy.

Explain two reasons why workers in the tertiary sector may be paid more than workers in the primary sector.

Analyse the impact of a reduction in government expenditure on healthcare on a country’s unemployment rate.