Many tourism businesses in a coastal town have closed. A council is considering a training programme for 180 unemployed former tourism workers.
| Local labour-market information | Number |
|---|---|
| Vacancies requiring care skills | 120 |
| Vacancies requiring digital administration skills | 60 |
| Places on the council's care-skills course | 70 |
| Places on the council's digital-administration course | 30 |
Using the information in the table, explain how far the proposed training programme could reduce structural unemployment in the town.
104 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 2.3 How the government manages the economy, covering 2.3.1a Fiscal policy and income and expenditure, 2.3.1b Fiscal policy and government objectives, 2.3.1c The government budget, 2.3.2a The meaning of monetary policy, 2.3.2b Uses of monetary policy, 2.3.3a Supply-side policies and their trade-offs, 2.3.3b Using supply-side policies, and 2.3.4 Policies to correct positive and negative externalities. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.