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Edexcel A-Level Economics A2 3.3.4 4b Causes and Consequences of the Occupational Immobility of Labour Questions

Practise occupational labour immobility by interpreting job losses and identifying retraining policies that help workers move into new occupations.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Economics YEC11
Level
A2

Exam points

  • select training schemes over benefits, relocation grants or minimum wages to increase occupational mobility after factory job losses

Edexcel A-Level Economics A2 3.3.4 4b Causes and Consequences of the Occupational Immobility of Labour Questions question 1

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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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