0455.4.7.1 — definition of employment, unemployment and full employment.: past paper questions
Real questions on 0455.4.7.1 — definition of employment, unemployment and full employment.
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- 0455/22 · May/June 2026 · Q1f[5]
Analyse the relationship between the unemployment rate and the youth unemployment rate.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2026 · Q2b[4]
Explain why government measurement of unemployment may be inaccurate.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2025 · Q4b[4]
Explain two benefits to an economy of full employment.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2025 · Q3d[8]
Discuss whether or not a rise in a national minimum wage will harm an economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2025 · Q4a[2]
Identify two macroeconomic aims of government that may conflict.
See it on the paper → - 0455/11 · May/June 2024 · Q22[1]
What is necessary for a worker to be classified as unemployed?
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2024 · Q1h[6]
Discuss whether or not more people working from home will benefit an economy. Section B Answer any three questions. Each question is introduced by stimulus material. In your answers you may refer to the material and/or other examples you have studied.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2024 · Q2d[8]
Discuss whether or not having a high proportion of a country’s population over the age of 64 is a benefit to its economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2024 · Q5a[2]
Define unemployment rate.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2023 · Q1a[1]
Australia’s unemployment rate in 2021.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2023 · Q3d[8]
Discuss whether or not a government should try to prevent a rise in unemployment.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2022 · Q21[1]
What is the definition of the unemployment rate?
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2022 · Q3a[2]
full employment.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2022 · Q1e[4]
how a rise in a country’s retirement age is likely to affect its government’s budget.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2022 · Q2c[6]
why a government may have lower unemployment as its main aim.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2021 · Q3d[8]
Discuss whether or not a fall in a country’s unemployment rate will reduce poverty in that country.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2021 · Q4a[2]
Define the labour force.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2020 · Q2c[6]
why children from low-income families may have low incomes as adults.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2019 · Q2d[8]
Discuss whether or not a country with high wage rates will have a high unemployment rate.
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What examiners said
Generally, candidates had a strong understanding of the impact of a minimum wage and the harm or otherwise it could create in an economy. Common advantages mentioned were the increase in motivation that will lead to more people entering the work force, increase in productivity, and creating a reduction in poverty. Candidates noted that a rise in minimum wages, however, could harm the economy throu...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0455/21 Q3(d) (Cambridge)
Many candidates where able to identify two macroeconomic aims that may conflict. Candidates who failed to do this either did not know what macroeconomic aims were and gave responses such as increased total demand or high population growth. Some candidates were too vague in their answer, for example just stating ‘unemployment’ or ‘inflation’. Some provided overly detailed responses assuming they we...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0455/21 Q4(a) (Cambridge)
Slightly fewer than half the candidates calculated the right answer. The unemployment rate is a percentage calculated by taking the total number unemployed (0.62 m) and dividing it by the total working population (14 m) and then multiplying by a hundred which gives 4 per cent. The most common error was to divide by the total population (25.8 m) giving an answer of 2.17 per cent. A few chose the ri...
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0455/21 Q1(a) (Cambridge)
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