DP Economics

Test builder »

Question 18N.1.SL.TZ0.b

Select a Test
Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 15] Reference code 18N.1.SL.TZ0.b
Level SL Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
Command term Evaluate Question number b Adapted from N/A
b.
[Maximum mark: 15]
18N.1.SL.TZ0.b

Evaluate the view that government policies to promote equity will always have a negative effect on efficiency.

[15]

Markscheme

Answers may include:

  • definitions of equity and efficiency
  • diagrams to show the government policies used to improve equity
  • explanation of how the government policies used to promote equity might have a negative effect on economic efficiency
  • examples of where governments have used policies to promote equity and reduced efficiency
  • synthesis or evaluation.

Evaluation may include: The advantages of government policies used to promote efficiency. For example, government expenditure on health and education might improve the efficiency of the labour force and reducing tax on low income households might improve their incentive to work.

Marks should be allocated according to the paper 1 markbands for May 2013 forward, part B.

Syllabus sections