Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Utility and rational consumer behaviour

Utility and rational consumer behaviour — practice question

(a)[12]

Describe how consumer theory suggests a rise in income will alter a consumer’s demand for a normal good and for an inferior good.

(b)[13]

Explain the distinction between structural, cyclical and seasonal unemployment and discuss whether a general rise in income in a country would affect each of these forms of unemployment in the same way.

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