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1.6 The labour market (A-level only)

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Context 2: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Extract C

Table 1: Generative AI exposure and projected employment growth in selected service sector roles

Job Role CategoryPrimary Task TypeEstimated % of Tasks Automatable by Generative AIProjected Employment Change by 2030 (%)
Transactional Clerk (e.g., Billing, Data Input)High-Routine, Repetitive78%-15%
Customer Support Representative (Basic)High-Routine, Scripted65%-10%
Human Resource SpecialistLow-Routine, Relational18%+8%
Cybersecurity ArchitectLow-Routine, Complex Analytical8%+22%

Using the data in Extract C, explain how workers employed in high-routine, repetitive roles are at greater risk of displacement than those in low-routine roles.

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1.6 The labour market (A-level only) Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.6 The labour market (A-level only)

64 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.6 The labour market (A-level only), covering 1.6.1 The demand for labour, marginal productivity theory, 1.6.2 Influences upon the supply of labour to different markets, 1.6.3 The determination of relative wage rates and levels of employment in perfectly competitive labour markets, 1.6.4 The determination of relative wage rates and levels of employment in imperfectly competitive labour markets, 1.6.5 The Influence of trade unions in determining wages and levels of employment, 1.6.6 The National Minimum Wage, and 1.6.7 Discrimination in the labour market. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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