A clothing firm in a developed country tells its machinists that it could move their sewing work to a lower-cost country. A year later, the work is still done at home.
What is the most likely effect on the machinists?
Their bargaining power over pay and conditions is weakened
Their skills rise because the firm must meet export standards
They are unaffected because their work has stayed at home
Their pay rises because the firm now sells to a world market
49 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 4.4 Globalisation, covering 4.4.1 What is globalisation, 4.4.2 Measuring development, 4.4.3 Globalisation in developed countries, and 4.4.4 Globalisation in less developed countries. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.