Economic growth and productivity

Question 1

What do we call it when a countries economy grows bigger?

Answer 1

Economic growth.

Question 2

Fill in the missing word:

The country has produced more ____ and ____ than it did the previous year.

Answer 2

Good and services.

Question 3

What does the word productivity refer to?

Answer 3

How efficiently resources are being used to generate products and services.

Question 4

Fill in the missing word:
Increasing productivity is the process of ____ the use of resources to get ____ out of them so that more good and services can be produced.

Answer 4

Improving and more.

Question 5

What does the government try to do by improving the productivity of the workforce?

Answer 5

He tries to improve the productivity so that the output of all businesses improve.

Question 6

What happens when the productivity of labour is low?

Answer 6

There is waste of resources and a decrease in economic growth.

Question 7

Name five factors that have a negative effect on the productivity of labour.

Answer 7

Bad health
Lack of education and training
Poor motivation
Absenteeism
Strikes and industrial action