What is the marginal product of labor and what is the average product of labor

What will be an ideal response?


The marginal product of labor is the additional output a firm produces as a result of hiring one more worker. The average product of labor is the total output produced by a firm divided by the quantity of workers. The average product of labor is the average of the marginal products of labor.

Economics

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If a nation has an absolute advantage in producing a good, then it

A) will have a comparative advantage in producing that good. B) will have no need to trade with other nations. C) will always specialize in that good. D) might or might not have a comparative advantage in producing that good. E) will not have a comparative advantage in producing that good.

Economics

To determine who would be the best person work on a market analytics project to facilitate a company-wide re-branding initiative, Lauren secretly timed and recorded how long it took three of her staff to complete a mini-analytics project before deciding to whom she would assign the project. What tool was Lauren using?

a. She was using the record-time-test tool. b. She was using the work assignment tool. c. She was using the efficiency study. d. She was using the time-and-motion-study.

Economics

Which of the following factors best explains why consumers might prefer to go to a restaurant that was similar to another restaurant in terms of décor and food choices but had fewer customers?

a. the presence of network externalities b. the idea that some people receive utility from goods they believe are popular c. income and substitution effects d. switching costs

Economics

What would happen in a free market system when production of a good generates negative externalities?

A) There is a shortage of the good. B) There is a surplus of the good. C) The equilibrium quantity of the good is less than the efficient amount. D) The equilibrium quantity of the good is more than the efficient amount.

Economics