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AQA GCSE Economics past-paper questions on 3.2.2.3 Employment and unemployment, 2020–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 18 questions on Employment and unemployment, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q2 (1 mark): Table 1 shows the unemployment rate in an economy between 2020 and 2024. Table 1 Year Unemployment rate (%) 2020 6.2 2021 5.9 2022 4.5 2023 4.9 2024 5.1 Using T
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q22 (2 marks): 2 2 Define the term ‘seasonal unemployment’. [2 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q23 (3 marks): 2 3 Using Table 6, calculate the UK unemployment rate for December 2023 to one decimal place. [3 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q24 (6 marks): 2 4 Using Item A on page 18, explain two policies that can help to reduce unemployment. [6 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q26 (15 marks): 2 6 Do you think that maintaining full employment should continue to be an economic priority for the UK government? Use Item A and Item B and your own economic
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q4 (1 mark): Which of the following best describes the type of unemployment caused by changes in demand at certain times of the year? [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q17 (2 marks): 1 7 Explain one consequence for a government of high unemployment. [2 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7 (1 mark): Which type of unemployment is caused by unemployment benefits being generous enough to allow workers to take a long time when searching for jobs? [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q14.1 (2 marks): 1 4 . 1 Using Table 3, calculate the unemployment rate to one decimal place. Show your working. [2 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q14.2 (2 marks): 1 4 . 2 Explain one possible consequence for UK businesses of increased UK unemployment. [2 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q4 (1 mark): Which of the following best describes the type of unemployment caused by interest rates and tax rates remaining high for a long period of time? [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q11 (2 marks): 1 1 State two ways a government can reduce cyclical unemployment. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q3 (1 mark): Which of the following best describes the type of unemployment caused by a general lack of spending in the economy? [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q25 (6 marks): 2 5 Using Item B, analyse possible benefits to the government of low unemployment. [6 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q3 (1 mark): Which of the following best describes the type of unemployment caused by regular and predictable variations each year in the demand for certain products? [1 mar
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q6 (1 mark): Table 1 shows the unemployment rate in an economy between 2015 and 2019. Table 1 Year Unemployment rate (%) 2015 8.5 2016 7.6 2017 5.7 2018 5.4 2019 6.9 Using T
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q19.1 (2 marks): 1 9 . 1 Using Table 3, calculate the number of unemployed people. Show your working. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q19.2 (2 marks): 1 9 . 2 Explain what is meant by cyclical unemployment. [2 marks]
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