Supply side policies Flashcards

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What is a supply side policy

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Policies which aim to increase the productive capacity of the economy and efficiency

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Give 5 factors which aim to increase supply in the economy

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-Decrease in corporate tax
-Increase in minimum wage (increasing incentive to work)
-Increase in investment (increase in capital stock)
-Tariffs
-Education
- Reform welfare

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Give 5 aims of SSPs

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  • Increase occupational & geographical mobility of labour
  • Promote competition and stimulate innovation
  • Economic diversification (more varieties)
  • Encourage start ups of new businesses
  • Improve incentives to work & invest in peoples skills
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What do we mean by the UK has a productivity gap

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This means that in general, our workers have less productivity and we grow more slowly than our rivals (last 20 yrs)

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Give 5 reasons why the UK has poor supply side policies & poor long run growth

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  • Since covid, 2.5m people become economically inactive
  • Ageing infrastructure - rise in pollution & risk to floods
  • Regional economic imbalances
  • Low investment in R&D - shareholder culture
  • Productivity gap
  • Strict planning laws
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Give 3 current examples of UK SSPs

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  • Heathrow expansion & aiming to reduce planning permission restrictions
  • HS2 improving occupational and geographical mobility of labour
  • Corporation Tax Cuts – The UK reduced corporation tax from 28% in 2010 to 19% by 2017 to encourage investment (but recently increase in national insurance contributions for employers may hinder this)
  • Free childcare places to allow for parents to work
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What do we mean by regional economic imbalances

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GDP per head in LDN is higher than everywhere else in the UK (North/south divide)

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How does the effectiveness of SSP’s affect long run growth - draw the diagram

What have the OBR said about UK potential long run growth (link to the diagram)

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If SSP’s aren’t effective, LRAS will not shift all the way to LRAS1 and will only shift to LRAS2 if SSP’s not effective - leading to lower GDP than if they were effective, and a higher price level (P to P1) - meaning it is inflationary growth.

OBR said UK economy is now only capable of reaching 1.7%, represented by LRAS2, rather than 2.75%, represented by LRAS1, the theoretical target for UK long run growth - demonstrating UK’s poor SSP’s in the last decade

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Even if UK SSP’s are effective, what else may limit LR growth - draw a diagram

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Assumes that there are no external events/shocks which limit LR/SR growth

(E.g. - America & tariffs leading to cost push inflation from P to P2 due to increase in costs from SRAS to SRAS1)

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Give a policy which aids in the shortage of skilled labour workers in the UK economy that also contributes to geographical mobility

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T-levels allowing 50% of learning to be done at home which potentially lowers geographical barriers

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What is rezoning

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Updating zoning laws to allow for higher density housing in urban areas

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13
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Give 5 to reduce economic inactivity in the UK

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Health and Disability Support:
Workplace Adjustments and Disability Support (allowing older people to work from home/flexible working hours)

Childcare and Family Support - Affordable Childcare Programs & Elder Care Support:

Reforming Benefits to Support Work Transitions - New unemployment insurance benefit

Addressing Regional Imbalances

Incentives for Older Workers - Tax Incentives for Staying in Work

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Who are those who are economically inactive

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Those of working age, but are not seeking employment

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