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Discuss whether or not a city would benefit from an increase in the size of its population.
See it on the paper →Explain two possible benefits of an increase in a country’s birth rate.
See it on the paper →Explain the effects of an ageing population on spending and saving levels.
See it on the paper →Analyse the causes of migration between countries.
See it on the paper →Explain two benefits a firm may gain from an increase in the size of the country’s population.
See it on the paper →What is the effect on an economy of net emigration of people aged 20–40?
See it on the paper →Discuss whether or not a fall in a country’s birth rate will benefit an economy.
See it on the paper →Discuss whether or not the Haitian economy would benefit from fewer of its people working in Chile.
See it on the paper →Calculate the number of Germans aged over 65 in 2017.
See it on the paper →two benefits an economy may gain from having a young labour force.
See it on the paper →two benefits a country may gain from immigration.
See it on the paper →whether or not an ageing population is a benefit to an economy.
See it on the paper →Define gender distribution.
See it on the paper →Analyse the disadvantages of a rapidly growing population.
See it on the paper →Explain two population problems a rich, developed country may experience.
See it on the paper →Some candidates revealed confused thinking. Some wrote that more women entering the labour force would reduce unemployment. They did not recognise that before entering the labour force, people are not unemployed, they are economically inactive. A number of candidates suggested there is a fixed number of jobs by mentioning that having fewer workers in the future will reduce unemployment. Candidates...
— Examiner report, October/November 2021, 0455/22 Q2(d) (Cambridge)
Some candidates found this a challenging question. Several candidates wrote about the advantages and disadvantages of Haitians working in Chile. Some candidates, who did concentrate on fewer Haitians working in Chile, assumed that productivity would increase without linking this to the possible skill levels of workers who might remain. A number also suggested that the number of the jobs in a count...
— Examiner report, May/June 2021, 0455/22 Q1(h) (Cambridge)
Most candidates calculated the figure correctly. Some candidates, however, got the figure wrong. They should have realised that it was very unlikely that there would only be, for example, 17 people in Germany over the age of 65.
— Examiner report, February/March 2021, 0455/22 Q1(a) (Cambridge)
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