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Policies to Improve Labour Productivity

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 3 Jul 2018

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Productivity is a measure of the efficiency of factors of production. This note will focus on measures to improve labour productivity as measured by output per person employed and output per person hour. Labour productivity is defined as the quantity of goods and services produced per unit of labour input.

Some of the factors thought to affect labour productivity

Supply Side Policies and Productivity - revision video

Supply side policies explained - revision video
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