3.5 - Labour Immobility

Question 1

What are the 2 types of labour immmobility?

Answer 1

Occupational
Geographical

Question 2

What is geographical immobility?

Answer 2

Barriers to people moving between regions to find work

Question 3

What are the causes of geographical immobility?

Answer 3

Cost of moving
Cost of living
Family
Language barriers
Information failure

Question 4

Why does labour immobility result in market failure?

Answer 4

Workers unable to supply their labour in order to meet demand

Question 5

What is occupational immobility?

Answer 5

Barriers to mobility of factors of production between sectors
FOP unemployed or inefficient

Question 6

What are the causes of occupational immobility?

Answer 6

Skill Gaps
Training Gaps
Experience Gaps
Confidence/Motivation
Discrimination

Question 7

How do skill gaps cause occupational immobility?

Answer 7

Unemployed workers can’t offer requisite skills

Question 8

How do training gaps cause occupational immobility?

Answer 8

Unemployed don’t have access to affordable training schemes
Harms employability

Question 9

How do experience gaps cause occupational immobility?

Answer 9

Unemployed have shite CV’s
Unattractive to employers

Question 10

How does confidence/motivation cause occupational immobility?

Answer 10

Long term unemployment reduces employment prospects
Skills, confidence + motivation decline