Economics A-Level
Labour Force Survey
What Labour Force Survey means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Labour Force Survey
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A household survey based on International Labour Organisation criteria, defining the unemployed as those without a job who have actively sought work in the past four weeks and are available to start within two weeks.
Topics that use Labour Force Survey
- Employment and unemployment (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Causes of unemployment
- Claimant Count
- Cyclical unemployment
- Frictional unemployment
- Labour market rigidities
- Labour mobility
- Living standards
- Long-run aggregate supply curve
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