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Edexcel A-Level Economics Occupational Immobility of Labour

Practise Edexcel A-Level Economics occupational immobility by linking worker skills, manufacturing job losses and training policy responses.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Economics YEC11
Level
A2

Exam points

  • Identify training schemes as a policy that increases occupational mobility after job losses.
  • Apply factory relocation context to explain skill mismatch and structural unemployment risk.

3.3.4.4b - Causes and consequences of the occupational immobility of labour question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

A survey conducted in 2021 found that 76\% of US companies with factories in China were in the process of moving operations to other countries in southeast Asia. This would cause thousands of manufacturing workers in China to lose their jobs.

Which one of the following government measures is most likely to increase the occupational mobility of labour?

A

An increase in unemployment benefits

B

An increase in relocation grants for businesses

C

An increase in training schemes

D

An increase in the national minimum wage

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