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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

6Theory of Distribution

Theory of Distribution in ZIMSEC A-Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.6) and Form 6 (8.2.4). The matrix also lists interest rate determination (Loanable Funds and Liquidity Preference theories) here and under Money and the Price Level; it is transcribed once, as 10.5.

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Lessons

  • Economic rent, transfer earnings and quasi-rent

    50 min

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  • Rent, wages, interest and profit: the rewards to the factors of production

    45 min

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  • How wages are determined: competitive markets, unions, minimum wages and monopsony

    55 min

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  • The demand for labour and marginal revenue product theory

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  • The supply of labour: to a firm, to an occupation and to the economy

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  • Wage differentials: why different jobs pay different wages

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