In employment policy, "demand-side" arguments consider unemployment to be the result of:

issues with the market and demand for jobs

Recently, the Australian labour market has seen...

decrease in unskilled jobs & increase in part-time jobs

'Under-employment' refers to:

people who work part-time/casually & want more hours

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Week 8: (Un)employment

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1
In employment policy, "supply-side" arguments view unemployment as:
An individualised problem
A structural problem
a key goal of capitalism
inevitable
2
In employment policy, "demand-side" arguments consider unemployment to be the result of:
issues with individuals demanding high wages
issues with the market and demand for jobs
issues with the training and skills that individuals have
high corporate taxes
3
To be classified as 'employed' by the Australian Bureau of Statistics you need to have worked:
1 hour in a week
2 days in a fortnight
2 days in a week
1 day in a week
4
In employment policy, "supply-side" arguments are associated with:
communism
anarchy
neoliberalism
Keynesian ideas
5
"Demand-side" arguments support government intervention in the market to generate jobs
False
True
6
Capitalist economies create full employment...
most of the time
rarely
7
Recently, the Australian labour market has seen...
decrease in unskilled jobs & increase in part-time jobs
increase in unskilled jobs & decrease in part-time jobs
increase in unskilled jobs & increase in part-time jobs
decrease in unskilled jobs & decrease in part-time jobs
8
What is 'frictional' unemployment?
unemployment due to high rates of inflation
unemployment due to a mis-match of skills and available jobs
unemployment between jobs
working part-time and wanting more hours
9
There are two ways of measuring the gender pay gap (WGEA & ABS). The current rates are calculated as:
Don't be silly... there is no gender pay gap.
22.8% (WGEA); 13% (ABS)
50% (WGEA); 23% (ABS)
13% (WGEA); 22.8% (ABS)
10
The WGEA gender pay gap is based on comparing the base salary for full-time workers ONLY
False
True
11
'Under-employment' refers to:
being under-qualified for a job
being over-qualified for a job
people who work part-time
people who work part-time/casually & want more hours

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