An economy is most likely to experience a rise in structural unemployment when there is:
a persistent negative output gap caused by a decline in business investment
an increase in the geographical and occupational mobility of the workforce
a rapid decline in domestic manufacturing industries due to globalization
a reduction in the time workers spend searching for a job between employment contracts
327 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 2.3 Economic performance, covering 2.3.1 Economic growth and the economic cycle, 2.3.2 Employment and unemployment, 2.3.3 Inflation and deflation, and 2.3.4 Possible conflicts between macroeconomic policy objectives. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.