plumiEmployment and unemployment: Edexcel A‑Level Economics B questions
Every Edexcel A-Level Economics B exam question on 2.5.4 Employment and unemployment, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 6 questions on Employment and unemployment, as a list
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q3 (20 marks): Evaluate the view that the main causes of unemployment are technological and structural. (20) Read the following extracts (H and I) before answering Question 3.
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(a) (4 marks): Using the data from Extract C, calculate, to two decimal places, the mean rate of unemployment in Scotland between 2008 and 2018. (4) Read the following extract
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(b) (4 marks): With reference to Extract C, explain one reason why the claimant count may be different to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) measure of unemployment i
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(g) (12 marks): Assess the likely impact of the falling rate of unemployment between 2010–2018 on firms in Scotland. (12) Read the following extracts (A to D) before answering
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q1(d) (6 marks): With reference to Extract B, analyse how underemployment might contribute to the gender pay gap. (6) Read the following extracts (A to E) before answering Quest
- June 2017, Paper 3, Q2(d) (20 marks): With reference to Figures 4 and 5, evaluate the success of UK government policies in reducing regional variations in unemployment. (20) Read the following extra
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