A food-canning plant closes after production is moved abroad. The workers who lose their jobs are available to start work and are actively looking for jobs.
| Labour market information | Number |
|---|---|
| Former food-canning workers who lose their jobs | 240 |
| Local vacancies using similar food-processing skills | 15 |
| Local vacancies requiring electrical engineering qualifications | 170 |
| Former workers with the required electrical engineering qualifications | 8 |
Using the information, explain which type of unemployment is most likely to affect the former workers and why it may last for a long time.
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.