Question 19M.3.HL.TZ0.3b
| Date | May 2019 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 4] | Reference code | 19M.3.HL.TZ0.3b |
| Level | HL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ0 |
| Command term | Outline | Question number | b | Adapted from | N/A |
Table 1 provides information about Fairland.
Table 1
Outline two difficulties in measuring unemployment.
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Possible difficulties may include:
- some of the unemployment is hidden, because some people who are able and willing to work have become discouraged and have given up looking for a job
- some of the employed are underemployed and, while officially working, do not fully utilize their time (involuntary part-timer workers) or skills/experience
- there may be false claims by those who seek to obtain unemployment benefits, or those in the informal labour market seeking to avoid income tax) thus distorting the official statistics
- the unemployment figure is an average and ignores regional, ethnic, age and gender disparities.
Any other reasonable response should be rewarded.
Lower achieving responses commonly described frictional and seasonal unemployment as a difficulty of calculation or stated that statistics were too complex for an accurate calculation. The majority of candidates identified hidden unemployment and underemployment as difficulties, although explanations were not always clear and accurate enough to achieve Level 2. Some responses neglected to show that part-time working is an issue only if the part-time nature of the employment is involuntary. Overall, a significant proportion of responses demonstrated a clear understanding of the inherent concepts.
