The Service Sector Has Lower Productivity Improvements Than the Manufacturing

question 38

Multiple Choice

The service sector has lower productivity improvements than the manufacturing sector because:

• A) the service sector uses less skilled labor than manufacturing.
• B) the quality of output is lower in services than manufacturing.
• C) services usually are labor-intensive.
• D) service sector productivity is hard to measure.
• E) the service sector is often easy to mechanize and automate.

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