CAIE A-Level Economics 9.3.6 Labour mobility

CAIE A-Level Economics 9.3.6 Labour mobility
Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics 9708 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise analysing occupational and geographical mobility, using training, migration and housing or transport constraints.

How this is tested

  • identify education and training as factors that improve occupational mobility of labour
  • apply migration or skilled-worker data to effects on growth and wage pressure
  • explain how local wage flexibility can reduce labour shortages and regional unemployment

Question 18

[Maximum number: 1]

What is a likely consequence of an increase in government spending on education?

A

increase in the supply of unskilled labour

B

increase in occupational mobility

C

increase in the rate of unemployment

D

increase in trade union power