Productivity is defined as the
a. amount of goods and services produced from each unit of labor input.
b. number of workers required to produce a given amount of goods and services.
c. amount of labor that can be saved by replacing workers with machines.
d. actual amount of effort workers put into an hour of working time.
a
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In case of the textile industries of England in 1811, the invention of new technology that allowed workers to complete tasks in minutes that had previously taken hours, resulted in a(n):
A) increase in the demand for labor in the textile industries. B) increase in the quantity demanded of labor in the textile industries. C) decrease in the demand for labor in the textile industries. D) decrease in the quantity demanded of labor in the textile industries.
In the economy of Briskland, the commercial banks have deposits of $500 billion. Their reserves are $50 billion, 80 percent of which is in deposits with the Central Bank
There is $20 billion in Central Bank notes outside the banks, and there are no coins. a) What is the monetary base? b) If all the deposits are money, what is the total quantity of money? c) What is the banks' reserve ratio? d) What is the currency drain as a percentage of the quantity of deposits?