0455.4.7.3 — measurement of unemployment How unemployment is measured – claimant count and labour force survey – and the formula for the unemployment rat: past paper questions
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- 0455/02 · Specimen 2027 · Q2b[4]
Explain two consequences for firms of a decrease in their country’s unemployment rate.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2026 · Q2b[4]
Explain two types of unemployment.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · October/November 2024 · Q2a[2]
Identify two ways of measuring unemployment.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2024 · Q1c[2]
Explain one way in which unemployment is measured.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2023 · Q3b[4]
two types of unemployment.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2022 · Q1e[4]
how an increase in unemployment may affect the Nigerian government’s budget.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2022 · Q1a[1]
Calculate the number of Bermudian workers who were unemployed in 2018.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2021 · Q3a[2]
Identify two ways unemployment is measured.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2020 · Q1b[2]
Explain what is meant by an unemployment rate of 24%.
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What examiners said
Most candidates did reasonably well on this question. A number of candidates showed a good awareness of how both direct and indirect tax revenue would be affected by an increase in unemployment. A small proportion of candidates, however, wrote about how exports and imports might be affected. As mentioned above, these confused a government’s budget with a current account balance. Careful reading of...
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0455/22 Q1(e) (Cambridge)
Most candidates calculated the number of unemployed Bermudian workers accurately. However, some candidates revealed a confusion about the unemployment rate. These candidates calculated 7 per cent of the population instead of the labour force.
— Examiner report, February/March 2022, 0455/22 Q1(a) (Cambridge)
Most candidates were unable to identify that the two internationally accepted ways of measuring unemployment are through a claimant count or labour force survey (ILO measure). A few referred to how the unemployment rate could be calculated. Weak answers tried to explain it without knowing the measures, e.g., ‘Unemployment can be measured by using total labour force minus employed people.’ A few us...
— Examiner report, October/November 2021, 0455/23 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
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