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3.2 Low unemployment

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Question 6

An economy publishes the following unemployment data for the same period.

Unemployment dataNumber of people
Claimant Count14,600
Labour Force Survey estimate of unemployment17,100
People who are out of work, available to start and actively looking, but do not claim unemployment-related benefits3,000
People included in the Claimant Count who do not meet the Labour Force Survey unemployment test500

Using the data, explain why the Labour Force Survey estimate of unemployment is higher than the Claimant Count.

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3.2 Low unemployment Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /3.2 Low unemployment

65 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 3.2 Low unemployment, covering 3.2.1 Employment and unemployment, 3.2.2 Measuring unemployment, 3.2.3 Calculate the unemployment rate, 3.2.4 Analyse unemployment figures, 3.2.5 Types of unemployment, and 3.2.6 Causes and consequences of unemployment. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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