gcse economics - how we work- mobility of labour
Two key topics to understand are geographic and occupational mobility of labour
a) GEOGRAPHICAL
People are willing and able to move between regions or areas in order to take a new job. They often have to move home.
b) OCCUPATIONAL
People are willing and able to move between types of jobs or occupations e.g. an unemployed coal miner becomes a salesman.
GEOGRAPHICAL IMMOBILITY OF LABOUR |
OCCUPATIONAL IMMOBILITY OF LABOUR |
People are unemployed because they are not prepared
to move areas (e.g. leave their home area) in order to take up work. |
People are unemployed because they are unwilling
to work in a job which is different to what they had previously |
Reasons |
Reasons |
Cost of moving |
An unemployed miner doesn’t neccesarily have
the skills to use computers |
House prices in other areas |
Lack of confidence |
Friends in the current area |
Can’t be bothered |
Children’s education |
Lack of education |
Lack of training |
ACTION
a. Give an example of geographical mobility of labour
b. Give an example of occupational mobility of labour
c. Give an example of geographical immobility of labour
d. Give an example of occupational immobility of labour
SMART
THINKING
e. Why is it good for an individual to be mobile?
f. Why is it good for a firm to have mobile workers?
g. Why is it good for the economy to have mobile workers?
h. What could the government do to make workers more mobile a) geographically
b) occupational
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