About What Percentage of the Growth in Real Output in the United

question 152

Multiple Choice

About what percentage of the growth in real output in the United States from 2007 to 2017 was due to increases in labor productivity?

• A) 25 percent
• B) about 33.3 percent
• C) roughly 50 percent
• D) 75 percent

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