Economics · May / June 2022 · Paper 12 · Question 21

The retail trade in a country has unemployed workers in one region and job vacancies in another region. What could explain this?

1. ACosts of employing workers are lower when there is unemployment.
2. BIt is more expensive to live in the area where the retail jobs are available.
3. CRetailing demands the same skills everywhere.
4. DThe geographical mobility of labour has increased.

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