Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Unemployment

Unemployment — practice question

(a)[5]

Explain what is meant by labour productivity and whether the information proves that countries with higher labour productivity are always more competitive than countries with lower labour productivity.

(b)
  • State three broad macroeconomic aims that a government may pursue. [3]
  • Is there evidence in the information that indicates Germany is meeting any of these macroeconomic aims? [4]
(c)[8]

Discuss the likely effects on the Spanish and Greek economies of these policy changes, which the article says come from the introduction of a single euro currency.

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This 13-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Output value per worker per hour. Greater production, higher sales, stronger growth in the economy, examples from table. Singapore/Belgium do not fit the pattern.

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