Increasing Marginal Returns to Labour

question 32

Multiple Choice

Increasing marginal returns to labour

• A) are the result of specialisation and division of labour in the production process.
• B) occur only when there are increasing marginal returns to capital.
• C) describe the portion of a total product curve where the marginal product is negative.
• D) mean that two workers produce less than twice the output of one worker.
• E) occur when a particularly efficient worker is employed.

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