Topic Videos
Labour Market Failure (Labour Markets)
- Level:
- A-Level, IB
- Board:
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB, Eduqas, WJEC
Last updated 4 Apr 2018
In this video we explore key aspects of labour market failure.
Unemployment and economic inactivity in the UK labour market are falling, but when we disaggregate the market we find that there remain persistent issues including risks of extreme poverty, labour immobility, skills shortages and the issues facing workers in vulnerable jobs perhaps facing a monopsony employer.
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