If new production technology is put into practice that allows workers to increase their productivity and process more chickens per hour, then the real wage of unskilled workers in poultry processing plants is predicted to ________ and the employment of unskilled workers in poultry processing plants is predicted to ________.

A. increase; decrease
B. decrease; decrease
C. increase; not change
D. increase; increase


Answer: D

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