Exam 12: Production and Growth: Productivity Its Role and Determinants

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In one day Madison Laundry washed 4,000 pounds of laundry with 5 workers who each worked 8 hours.What was its productivity?

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Janet is a farmer.Which of the following are included in her human capital?

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Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

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Country A had a population of 1,000,of whom 600 worked an average of 8 hours a day and had a productivity of 2.5.Country B had a population of 800,of whom 560 worked 8 hours a day and had productivity of 3.0.Country

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In a market economy,the real,or inflation-adjusted,price of a resource measures its

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Industrial machinery is an example of

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Over the last ten years productivity grew more slowly in Iberia than in Aire while the population and total hours worked remained the same in both countries.It follows that

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Alexis and Tara both mine salt.Alexis mines 300 pounds in 20 hours.Tara mines 400 pounds in 40 hours.Which of the following is correct?

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In a particular production process,if the quantities of all inputs used are increased by 60%,then the quantity of output increases by 60% as well.This means that

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Which of the following would,by itself,reveal the most about a country's standard of living?

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Country A had a population of 2,000,of whom 1,300 worked an average of 8 hours a day and had a productivity of 5.Country B had a population of 2,500,of whom 1,700 worked 8 hours a day and had productivity of 4.Country

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Which of the following is an example of physical capital?

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If your firm's production function has constant returns to scale,then if you double all your inputs,your firm's output will

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Greg learns how to bake from his grandmother.This is an example of

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Which of the following statements is correct?

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Hit-It produces 320 baseball bats per day using 2 workers who each work 8 hours per day.What is Hit-It's productivity?

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Dilbert's Incorporated produced 6,000,000 units of software in 2010.At the start of 2011 the pointy-haired boss raised employment from 10,000 total annual hours to 14,000 annual hours and production was 7,000,000 units.These number indicate that productivity

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Workland has a population of 10,000,of whom 7,000 work 8 hours a day to produce a total of 224,000 final goods.Laborland has a population of 5,000,of whom 3,000 work 7 hours a day to produce a total of 105,000 final goods.

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Which of the following are human capital and physical capital,respectively?

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