For each part below, determine whether the following actions will increase or decrease productivity, and name the component of productivity that each affects.
- impact on productivity component of
- productivity
a. the local government builds a new school.
b. teachers in the new school hold classes for young students.
c. a manufacturer installs robots on its assembly line.
d. a research team designs a more efficient system of irrigation.
e. a soda company discovers a new source of underground water that can be used to make its products.
f. a professor writes a new and improved economics textbook.
g. a large number of people have less access to health care.
h. a worker receives on-the-job training to be a mechanic.