Imperfectly competitive labour markets

Diagram showing how cutting welfare payments depresses pay in some jobs

Explain what determines how many workers offer themselves to an industry

Evaluate whether union strength offsets employer buying power in hiring

Select the combination that raises the equilibrium wage here.

Identify a determinant of how responsive labour demand is to pay.

Work out ratio of weekly to monthly gig platform workers from chart

Interpret data showing rising incentives for self-employment across a decade

Diagram analysis of how unions raise members' pay

Assess need for state action protecting gig-economy workers' conditions

Predict wage and pay-bill changes once a monopsony employer emerges.

Work out average pay of one ethnic group from gap data

Interpret data showing wider ethnic pay gaps at older ages

Diagram linking unrecognised overseas credentials to lower minority earnings

Evaluate state measures for narrowing pay differences between ethnic groups

Why degree holders typically out-earn those without one over a career.

When a pay floor best narrows income gaps, given labour demand responsiveness.

Explain an inward shift in the number of qualified workers willing to work.

Calculate care worker earnings relative to the typical worker's pay

Interpret projections implying future pay rises in the care sector

Diagram showing how a sole state employer depresses carer pay

Identify the condition making labour demand responsive to pay changes.

Read off pay and hiring chosen by a sole buyer of labour with no union present.

Should ministers raise National Living Wage rates much further? Justify the recommendation.

Read off pay and hiring for a sole buyer facing a competitive labour supply.

From which curve a competitive employer's hiring schedule is obtained.