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Chapter 18 - Work and Economic Life
The term
informal economy
is used to describe:
a) work where no money changes hands
b) the activities of small businesses
c) transactions outside the sphere of regular employment
d) organisations with less rigid rules and procedures
The estimated value of housework to the UK economy is:
a) £70 million
b) £700 million
c) £70 billion
d) £billion
According to the UK Census, how many job titles are there in the British economy?
a) 2,000
b) 12,000
c) 20,000
d) 29,000
Occupational gender segregation is used to explain:
a) the belief that women control the private sphere
b) women's increasing labour market participation
c) the allocation of men and women to different types of job
d) relations between men and women in the workplace
Which of these is NOT regarded as a feature of Fordism?
a) the use of job rotation schemes
b) the moving assembly line
c) the 'five-dollar day'
d) products targeted at a mass market
Which of these types of industrial conflict is the odd one out?
a) sabotage
b) strike
c) overtime ban
d) work to rule
In which of the following years was trade union membership lowest in the UK?
a) 1921
b) 1933
c) 1950
d) 1984
According to the Rowntree Foundation, which group of workers experienced the greatest increase in job insecurity in the 1990s?
a) managers
b) entrepreneurs
c) professionals
d) supervisors
Which one of these statements is NOT a definition of the knowledge economy?
a) much of the workforce is now involved in physical production of goods
b) the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions
c) this is a phase of development beyond industrialism
d) investment in public education and software development is more significant
Which ethnic group has the highest unemployment rate in the UK?
a) Pakistani
b) Bangladeshi
c) Black African
d) Black Caribbean
Anthony Giddens — Sociology, 5th Edition
