An Increase in Human Capital

question 9

Multiple Choice

An increase in human capital

• A) increases the productivity of labor.
• B) decreases the productivity of labor.
• C) increases the productivity of labor only if there is a corresponding technological change.
• D) increases the capital-labor ratio.

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