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.


C

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