AQA · 7136 / 7135

Employment and unemployment

29questions
184marks
5series
2020–2023years

Employment and unemployment comes up in 29 questions across the AQA A Level and AS past papers (7136 / 7135), worth 184 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2023 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3.

Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Multiple choice (16), Evaluate (3), Using the data (3). Specification points covered: 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.2, 4.2.3.3, 4.2.3.4.

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Jun 2023 5 questions

25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 2

Evaluate ways a government might make competing policy aims compatible over a longer horizon.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic policy conflictsEvaluateWritten
15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 3

Explain what can make an economy's output expand.

4.2.3.1Economic growth and the cycleExplainWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 3

Evaluate whether expanding output typically makes people better off.

4.2.3.1Economic growth and the cycleEvaluateWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Decide whether output gaps are positive or negative across two years.

4.2.3.1Economic cycleMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Explain why unemployment returns to its natural level after policy intervention.

4.2.3.4Policy objective conflictsMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Jun 2022 7 questions

2 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Find the gap between average jobless rates in two countries across four years of chart data.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentUsing the dataWritten
4 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Use chart data to show a possible short-term inverse link between joblessness and rising prices.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic policy conflictsExplain howWritten
9 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Diagram question on why lowering import taxes might bring down the rate of price rises.

4.2.3.3Inflation and deflationWith the help of a diagramWritten
15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 2

Explain the difficulties an economy faces when actual output runs well above its trend capacity.

4.2.3.1Economic growth and the cycleExplainWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Pick the indicator combination pointing to an economy in boom.

4.2.3.1Economic cycleMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Deduce the labour market outcome as holiday spending patterns shift.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Name the labour market barrier created by regional housing costs.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Nov 2021 6 questions

2 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Calculate the yearly change in South Korean consumer prices to the end of a stated year.

4.2.3.3Inflation and deflationUsing the dataWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 3

Assess measures for smoothing out booms and slumps in Britain.

4.2.3.1Economic growth and the cycleAssessWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Which pairing of outcomes shows objectives pulling against one another in the short term.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic policy conflictsMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Calculate the jobless rate from labour force and population figures.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Which combined shocks would push spending above the economy's capacity.

4.2.3.1Economic cycle and output gapsMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Compute the size and sign of the gap when growth falls short of trend.

4.2.3.1Economic cycle and output gapsMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Nov 2020 6 questions

2 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Work out the average jobless rate for Britain across an eleven-year span of chart data.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentUsing the dataWritten
15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 2

Explain how sudden disturbances to demand or supply can push up joblessness.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentExplain howWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 2

Evaluate whether Britain's chief macroeconomic aims can be met together without tension.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic policy conflictsEvaluateWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Interpret four years of price and money-growth figures to judge which conclusion holds.

4.2.3.3Inflation and deflationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

What the vertical long-run relationship between joblessness and prices implies about any trade-off.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic policy conflictsMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Work out the natural rate from given frictional, structural, real wage and demand-deficient figures.

4.2.3.2Employment and unemploymentMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Specimen 5 questions

4 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Use the data to show weakening confidence in projections for expansion.

4.2.3.1Economic growth and the cycleExplain howWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Identify the gap and type of joblessness after credit dried up in the crisis.

4.2.3.1Economic cycle and output gapsMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Say what the upright axis measures on a short-term unemployment-inflation curve.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic policy conflictsMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Which pairing of velocity and output changes makes monetary expansion most inflationary.

4.2.3.3Quantity theory of moneyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Explaining figures where growth strengthens while joblessness and price rises both ease.

4.2.3.4Macroeconomic objective conflictsMultiple choiceMultiple choice

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