Supply-Side Policy | O Level Economics 2281 & IGCSE Economics 0455 | Detailed Free Notes To Score An A Star (A*)
- Supply side policy
- Increases supply
- Productivity increase
- Focuses on long-term economic growth
- Types of policies
- Investment in public sector
- Infrastructure improved
- Information and resources flow faster
- Education improved
- Vocational training improved
- Skills improved
- Health system improved so les workers are off due to health issues
- Reduces spending on illnesses etc.
- Investment on housing
- So population can move geographically
- Privatization
- Involve the private sector, increase incentive, lower cost and make it more profit-generating
- Income tax reduced
- So people can focus on more working to create more money so labor supply increases
- Subsidies
- Granting money to reduce prices to ensure that supply increases
- Deregulation
- Lows and regulations are reduced so businesses can work more and reduce costs
- Trade barriers removed
- More competition
- More productivity
- More efficiency
- More production if retaliation reduced
- Labor market reforms
- Reduce union power so more people are willing to hire workers
- Reduce business costs
- Minimum wages reduced
- All these factors allow businesses to hire more
- Investment in public sector
- Such policies increase
- Economic growth
- Production capacity increases for long-term
- Reduces unemployment by creating more jobs
- More exports and less imports can improve balance of payments
- Government can have large budget deficit as taxes reduce and spending of government increases.
- Market failure may occur.
