CAIE A-Level Economics 9.3.7 Unemployment policies

Practise choosing unemployment policies, matching them to unemployment types, and evaluating their likely effectiveness.

Exam points

select expansionary fiscal policy as a demand-side response to cyclical unemployment
compare supply-side policy effects on structural, long-term and cyclical unemployment
evaluate policy trade-offs involving benefits, taxes, vacancy information and incentives

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What describes a Keynesian measure to reduce cyclical unemployment?

adopting a supply-side policy to retrain unskilled workers

allowing the private sector to take over the supply of merit goods

increasing the ratio of capital equipment to manual labour in production

using fiscal policy to increase effective demand

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