2 marks
Q5(a) Calculate how many people were inactive in January 2022, given a 34.5 million UK labour force and a 21.5% inactivity rate.
Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14
Employment & unemployment comes up in 8 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 28 marks between them. They run from 2017 to 2025 and appear on A Level Paper 2, AS Level Paper 2.
Tariffs run from 1 to 15 marks. The commonest instructions are Explain (3), Identify (MCQ) (3), Calculate (1). Specification points covered: 2.1.3.
Q5(a) Calculate how many people were inactive in January 2022, given a 34.5 million UK labour force and a 21.5% inactivity rate.
Q5(b) Give one explanation for why inactivity is so high within the UK labour force.
Q5(c) Pick the likeliest outcome when the employment rate rises (deflation / better living standards / more absolute poverty / recession).
Q3(a) From the UK long-term migration chart spanning September 2013 to September 2019, choose the conclusion the data supports.
Q3(b) Drawing on the migration chart, set out one way UK employment is likely to be affected by migrant inflows.
Q6(e) Discuss how migration affects UK jobs and joblessness, drawing on Extract B and Figure 1.
Q2(a) Using the statement given, explain under-employment, where UK workers wanting longer hours climbed from 76 482 to 142 788.
Q2(b) Select the likeliest driver of a lower unemployment rate (bigger unemployment benefits / falling real GDP / reduced apprenticeship funding / rising consumer spending).
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