For each part below, determine whether the following actions will increase or decrease productivity, and name the component of productivity that each affects.

a. The local government builds a new school.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

b. Teachers in the new school hold classes for young students.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

c. A manufacturer installs robots on its assembly line.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

d. A research team designs a more efficient system of irrigation.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

e. A soft drink company discovers a new source of underground water that can be used to make its products.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

f. A professor writes a new and improved economics textbook.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

g. A large number of people have less access to health care.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital

h. A worker receives on-the-job training to be a mechanic.

Impact on productivity

• Decrease
• Increase

Component of productivity

• Physical capital
• Technology
• Natural resources
• Human capital