Economics A-Level
Structural and frictional unemployment
What Structural and frictional unemployment means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Structural and frictional unemployment
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The components of the natural rate of unemployment, the first caused by occupational immobility and the second lowered by incentivising job-seeking.
Topics that use Structural and frictional unemployment
- Supply-side policies (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Capital investment
- Economic incentives
- Free market supply-side policies
- Human capital
- Incentives
- Innovation
- International competitiveness
- Interventionist policies
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