Real GDP equals $12 trillion and aggregate hours equals 300 billion hours. What does labor productivity equal?
What will be an ideal response?
Labor productivity is (real GDP)/(aggregate hours), so labor productivity equals ($12 trillion)/(300 billion hours) = $40 per hour.
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