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A-LevelEconomicsThe macroeconomy9708/32 · May/June 2017 · Q251 Mark

Which could cause the official statistics for the national income per head of a developing country to overstate the true level of economic well-being of its inhabitants?

  1. Which could cause the official statistics for the national income per head of a developing country to overstate the true level of economic well-being of its inhabitants? A if there is dependence on barter in internal trade B if subsistence agriculture dominates total economic activity C if services are an important component of exports D if there is extreme income inequality[1]

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  1. [1] D

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Topic
The macroeconomy, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, May/June 2017 Paper 3 Variant 2, question 25.

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