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1.6 The labour market (A-level only)

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Question 12

Context 2: THE EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKET CONTEXT

Extract D

Table (i): National Minimum Wage, Euros per Month, Selected Countries, January 2022

CountryMinimum Wage (Euros per month)
Bulgaria350
Latvia500
Greece800
Portugal850
Spain1120
France1600
Germany1700
Netherlands1750
Luxembourg2200

Table (ii): Percentage of Employees Earning 105% or Less of the National Minimum Wage, Selected Countries, 2022

Country% of Employees
Portugal11
Luxembourg8
France10
Latvia7
Germany4
Netherlands3
Bulgaria5
Spain2
Greece1

Using Extract D, Table (i), calculate the Portuguese minimum wage as a percentage of that of Germany, and identify one significant point of comparison between information in Table (i) and information in Table (ii).

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1.6 The labour market (A-level only) Questions

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  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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