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Employment and unemployment

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Edexcel Economics B (9EB0) Theme 2, Unit T2-5 (spec ref 2.5.4) — employment, underemployment and unemployment; the economically active vs inactive; measuring unemployment (claimant count vs the ILO/Labour Force Survey measure) and why they differ; causes and types of unemployment (structural, fri…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval
  2. Quick Check — Tier 1 Word, Technical Meaning
  3. Employment, Underemployment, Unemployment
  4. Splitting Up the Working-Age Population
  5. Hinge Check — Active or Inactive?
  6. Measuring Unemployment: Two Different Numbers
  7. Quick Check — Calculating the Rate
  8. The Unemployment Rate Over Time
  9. Causes and Types of Unemployment
  10. Hinge Check — Which Type Is It?
  11. Impact of Rising Unemployment
  12. Main Activity — Fenwick Toolworks
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