F583 Market failure...

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Monopsonist
a single buyer
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Oligopolist
one of a few dominant buyers
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Bilateral monopoly
a market with a single buyer and seller
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Disequilibrium unemployment
unemployment caused by the aggregate supply of labour exceeding the aggregate demand for labour
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Equilibrium unemployment
unemployment that exists where the labour market is in equilibrium
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Non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU)
the level of unemployment that exists when the labour market is in equilibrium; also called equilibrium unemployment
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Geographical immobility of labour
barriers to the movement of workers between different areas
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Occupational immobility of labour
barriers to workers changing occupations
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Gini coefficient
used to make international comparisons of income inequality. It is found by using a lorenz curve
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Lorenz curve
a diagram commonly used to illustrate income or wealth distribution, named after the American statistician Max Otto Lorenz
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Absolute poverty
the inability to purchase the basic necessities of life
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Dependency rate
proportion of the population who are too young, too old or too sick to work and so who are reliant on the output of those who are working
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one of a few dominant buyers

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Oligopolist

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a market with a single buyer and seller

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Card 4

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unemployment caused by the aggregate supply of labour exceeding the aggregate demand for labour

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Card 5

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unemployment that exists where the labour market is in equilibrium

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