Edexcel · 4EC1

Supply-side policy

13questions
54marks
8series
2019–2025years

Supply-side policy comes up in 13 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 54 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.

Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (5), Evaluate (2), Explain (2). Specification points covered: 2.1.2.

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June 2025 1 question

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(b) Multiple choice picking the example of deregulation.

2.1.2Supply-side policyIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

June 2024 2 questions

12 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q4(c) Data response: weigh up education and training as a cure for structural unemployment - Canada case.

2.1.2Supply-side policyEvaluateData response essay
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(g) Give one benefit of deregulation - India case (context: telecoms).

2.1.2Supply-side policyExplainShort answer

Jan 2023 3 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(b) Multiple choice picking a supply-side policy aimed at raising output.

2.1.2Supply-side policyIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(c) Give the meaning of deregulation.

2.1.2Supply-side policyDefineShort answer
6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(h) Data response: what education and training do to a country's productive potential.

2.1.2Supply-side policyAnalyseData response essay

June 2022 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(a) Multiple choice picking the example of deregulation.

2.1.2Supply-side policyIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(e) Give one drawback of deregulation - Indonesia case.

2.1.2Supply-side policyExplainShort answer

Nov 2021 1 question

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(b) Multiple choice naming the policy aimed at raising productive capacity.

2.1.2Supply-side policyIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Nov 2020 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(b) Multiple choice naming the supply-side policy that removes government controls.

2.1.2Supply-side policyIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(g) Data response: how well deregulation cuts unemployment in South Korea.

2.1.2Supply-side policyAssessData response essay

Jan 2020 1 question

12 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q4(c) Data response: whether education and training is the best route to lower unemployment.

2.1.2Supply-side policyEvaluateData response essay

June 2019 1 question

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(d) Give the meaning of supply-side policy.

2.1.2Supply-side policyDefineShort answer

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