2 marks
Find gap between average and middle real earnings growth over two decades
AQA · 7136 / 7135
Distribution of income and wealth comes up in 14 questions across the AQA A Level and AS past papers (7136 / 7135), worth 132 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2023 and appear on A Level Paper 1, A Level Paper 3.
Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Multiple choice (5), Explain how (2), Evaluate (2). Specification points covered: 4.1.7.1, 4.1.7.2, 4.1.7.3.
Find gap between average and middle real earnings growth over two decades
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Evaluate measures to relieve poverty among low-paid British employees
Read a Lorenz diagram to say how equality and Gini changed.
Explain why earnings before tax differ so widely between people
Evaluate redistribution via taxes and benefits versus narrowing earnings gaps
Explain what makes a household count as relatively poor.
Classify a tax from how its burden varies with earnings.
Evaluate welfare effects of state efforts to narrow income gaps
Judge equality versus equity claims from shifting decile shares.
Find the gap between average incomes before and after redistribution
Interpret data showing redistribution narrowing household income differences
Assess claim that greater inequality benefits everyone
Which statistic measures how unevenly earnings are spread.
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