Differences and Changes in Earnings

N2012/Q.4
(c) Analyse why there are often differences in the earnings of workers in
the public sector and workers in the private sector. [10]

J2011/Q.4
(b) Is it always true that individuals are paid more as they get older? [4]

N2010/Q.3
(c) Describe how an individual’s earnings are likely to change over their lifetime. [3]

N2009Q3
(c) Explain how an individual’s earnings might change over time. [4]

N2008Q4
(c) Describe how a person’s income is likely to change during their life. [3]
(d) Discuss what might determine why one job is paid more than another. [7]
J2008Q4
(d) Analyse why earnings might vary between different occupations. [6]

N2007Q3
(b) Some service sector occupations pay very well, others have low rates of pay. Discuss
whythis might be so. [7]

J2006Q3
(c) Analyse how a person’s earnings are likely to change during their working life. [4]
(d) Discuss why different occupations have different rates of pay. [6]

N2005Q7
(c) A hotel will offer a variety of job opportunities. Workers in some of them will be paid
more than workers in others. Discuss why this might be so. [10]

N2004Q2
(d) Discuss why some occupations receive higher wages than other occupations. [7]

J2004Q6
(d) What might be the result of a general increase in the level of consumers’ spending in
aneconomy? [6]