Which combination of influences would increase the level of borrowing by a household? The graph shows women’s wages as a percentage of men’s wages in year 1 and year 2. People’s income decreases. How is the proportion spent on food and leisure likely to change? What would most likely cause a person to increase their savings? Which statement is shown by the graph to be true? How is the proportion spent on food and leisure likely to change when people's income decreases? What is a disadvantage to employers of switching to production using division of labour? What is an advantage to a country of having an efficient commercial banking system? The graph shows women’s wages as a percentage of men’s wages in year 1 and year 2.. Which statement is shown by the graph to be true? A German car manufacturer builds a factory in India. A group of Indian workers at the factory join a trade union. What would this trade union be expected to do for the workers? Why do women, on average, earn less than men? The table shows how household spending changes with income. What is the lowest level of income at which savings are positive? What can a central bank increase in order to reduce consumer borrowing? When is it most likely that the demand for labour in an industry increases? Which task is not a function of a trade union? What does not have an effect on wages in a free market economy? The table shows how household spending changes with income. Income. What is the lowest level of income at which savings are positive? In which occupation would wages tend to increase? Which row shows a characteristic of money and a function of money? Which function does a central bank provide for the general public? What might cause a rise in wages? A national trade union wishes to increase the wages of its members without reducing the numbers employed. Which factor would help the union to do this? It is expected that consumers will use less paper money. What is the most likely reason for this? In low-income countries, fewer girls than boys become skilled design engineers. What might explain this situation? The diagram shows the demand for and supply of labour in an industry. The original equilibrium is X. A trade union then negotiates a wage rate of W. What identifies the change in employment? What might cause consumers in a high-income economy to both save more and spend more? What would be a disadvantage of specialization for a worker? The diagram shows a market for labor. X is the original equilibrium. A trade union negotiates a minimum wage at W, and the government restricts the supply of immigrant labor. What is the new equilibrium? Average incomes rose by 5% but savings did not rise. What might explain this? Which firm is in the tertiary sector? What is a benefit to a worker of being a member of a trade union? Wages for nurses decrease, while working hours for pilots decrease. Assuming other factors do not change, what is the likely effect on the number of individuals choosing to become nurses or pilots? The market equilibrium wage rate is $10 per hour. What explains why the wage rate actually paid is $12 per hour? The table shows how three people, X, Y, and Z, spend their income. What is the likely order of income, from lowest income to highest income, for these three people? Which activity is correctly linked to the organization that provides it? What is a function of commercial banks? The table shows spending in the leisure sector of a country in 1995, 1999, and 2005. What can be concluded from the table? The graphs show the supply of labor in four occupations. Which graph shows that people prefer leisure to work above a certain income? What would be likely to happen within a country if its government granted more work permits to doctors coming from other countries? What is not a benefit of trade union membership for a worker?