The Trump Administration Hopes That Its Program of Infrastructure Spending

question 75

Multiple Choice

The Trump administration hopes that its program of infrastructure spending might expand employment by luring some prime-age workers back into the labor force.This would ________ the employment-population ratio,which would increase ________.

• A)increase; growth in labor productivity
• B)increase; the growth rate of hours worked
• C)decrease; growth in labor productivity
• D)decrease; the growth rate of hours worked

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