plumiEmployment: OCR A‑Level Economics questions
Every OCR A-Level Economics exam question on 2.3 Employment, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 14 questions on Employment, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q3 (25 marks): 3* In January 2023, Japan had an unemployment rate of 2.4%. It was considered to be achieving full employment. Evaluate, with the use of an appropriate diagram(
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q15 (1 mark): What type of unemployment could be caused by the imposition of a minimum wage that is significantly higher than the equilibrium wage rate? A Cyclical B Friction
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q1 (1 mark): What might cause a fall in unemployment? A An increase in the minimum wage B An increase in the rate of income tax C An increase in the working population D An
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q8 (1 mark): What is the definition of full employment? A All those of working age are working at the going wage rate B All those willing and able to work can find a job at
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q10 (1 mark): Which group will be part of the labour force survey measure of unemployment? A People claiming job seeker’s allowance and not available for work B People withou
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q16(e) (10 marks): (e)* Evaluate the effect the increase in unemployment in November 2020 to January 2021 from the same period the year before, is likely to have had on the UK eco
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q2 (25 marks): 2* Consumer expenditure rose in the USA in 2019. In that year, US unemployment fell to a 50-year low of 3.5%. Evaluate, with the use of an appropriate diagram(s
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q25 (1 mark): An individual recently lost their full-time job as an architect earning £60 000 a year. They are seeking a similar job whilst temporarily on a zero hours contra
- June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q2 (1 mark): Frictional unemployment occurs when: A cheap steel from abroad reduces demand for UK steelworkers B farm workers do not have a job during the winter months C th
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q5 (25 marks): 5* In recent years there has been a rise in protectionism. For example, the US Trump administration argued that higher tariffs on Chinese imports would reduce U
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q21 (1 mark): Who is most likely to be categorised as being unemployed? A 19 year old full time student. B 38 year old father who chooses to stay at home to be a home-maker.
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q16(a)(i) (2 marks): Using Fig. 1, explain how the unemployment rate changed in Japan between 2015 and 2020. [2]
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q16(d) (4 marks): Using information from the case study, explain how the change in consumption tax (value added tax) may have affected unemployment in Japan in 2014. [4]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(e) (8 marks): Using information from the stimulus material, evaluate whether a recession will increase the number of people unemployed. [8]
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