Edexcel A Level · 9EC0 · Theme 3: Business behaviour and the labour market
3.5.1 Demand for labour
Everything you need for questions on demand for labour, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.
What's on this sheet
- Derived demand and MRP
- The MRP curve
- Worked example
- Shifts vs movements
- Elasticity of demand for labour
- Classic question: will automation reduce the demand for labour?
- Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
- Separate answer key
The lesson in seven steps
- Staff the bakery
- What happens to labour demand?
- How many jobs are lost if wages rise?
- Labour demand trainer
- Jobs and technology
- Build the chain
- Exam practice
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