In advance

This chapter is about markets. It will deal with the goods and services market, the labour market and finally with the position of school-leavers on the labour market. It will also pay attention to the concept of labour productivity and to the knowledge economy. When you have finished this chapter, you will know more about supply and demand on a market and how the price on a market is formed. Also, you will have gained insight into a number of concepts that describe the labour market and you will know more about the position of school-leavers on the labour market.
You deal with these markets yourself. When you buy something, when you have a sideline or when you receive your secondary school diploma: you are always active in one of these markets.
In this chapter a lot of attention is devoted to graphs. You get to know all kinds of graphs and learn how to use information contained in graphs. In addition, we shall pay attention to working with tables and schedules.

Related sites chapter 7
Schedule about labour force, etc.
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Picture of the school in Alstad.
Survey with indicators about Gross National Product, inflation, productivity, etc. in the EU countries in 2000.