EBK FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMICS
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The options that correctly states the factor that would not increase the labor productivity.
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1. Technological change and labor productivity are positively related
For each part below, determine whether the following actions will increase or decrease productivity, and name the component of
productivity that each affects.
a. The local government builds a new school.
b. Teachers in the new school hold classes for young
students.
c. A manufacturer installs robots on its assembly line.
d. A research team designs a more efficient system of
irrigation.
e. A soda company discovers a new source of underground
water that can be used to make its products.
f. A professor writes a new and improved economics
textbook.
g. A large number of people have less access to health
care.
h. A worker receives on-the-job training to be a
mechanic.
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EBK FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMICS
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