A-LevelEconomicsThe price system and the microeconomy9708/32 · May/June 2019 · Q181 Mark

Company X reduces its number of workers from 250 to 200 and as a result its output decreases from 5000 to 4800 units per day. Company Y increases its number of workers from 800 to 1000 and as a result its output increases from 2000 to 2200 units per day.

18What happens to labour productivity of the workers in the two companies? company X company Y A falls rises B rises falls C rises rises D falls falls[1]

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Topic: The price system and the microeconomy, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Economics, May/June 2019 Paper 3 Variant 2, question 18.

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