Cambridge AS & A Level Economics
9.3Employment/unemployment
Employment/unemployment in Cambridge AS & A Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 9.3.1Define full employment.
- 9.3.2Explain equilibrium and disequilibrium unemployment, including hysteresis.
- 9.3.3Distinguish voluntary from involuntary unemployment.
- 9.3.4Define the natural rate of unemployment and explain its determinants and policy implications.
- 9.3.5Describe patterns and trends in employment and unemployment.
- 9.3.6Explain geographical and occupational mobility of labour and the factors affecting it.
- 9.3.7Evaluate policies to reduce unemployment.
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Equilibrium and disequilibrium unemployment, the natural rate, mobility and policies
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