Question: Question Set 3. For this question set, you will calculate labor productivity and multifactor productivity, both in tons of rice produced per dollar value of

Question Set 3. For this question set, you will

Question Set 3. For this question set, you will calculate labor productivity and multifactor productivity, both in tons of rice produced per dollar value of inputs. A Rice Manufacturer employs 80 field workers (each working 38 hours per week at a wage of $11/b:) and 30 line workers (each working 32 hours per week at a wage of $15/60). The business has capital expenses of $19,500 per week and produces 345,000 tons of rice per week. Recently, the company decided to invest on additional equipment, which increased the capital expenses by 8%. Also, the number of field workers was cut short by 15% whereas line workers were 10% more recruited. Both field and line workers were given, a raise of 7% and 7% respectively. Due to the above-mentioned changes, the new system reported to have a 5.8% more output than the old system. You will need the following formulas: Labor productivity = [Weekly cut] Weekly total labor cost Multifactor productivity [Weekly output Weekly total labor cost+Weekly capital expenses Wages After copying the table below into Excel, solve the following questions and fill the table OLD SYSTEM % CHANGE NEW SYSTEM Number of Field workers 80 -0.15 Hours 38 11 0.07 Total cost for field workers 7 Number of Line workers 30 0.10 Hours 32 Wages 15 0.07 Total cost for line workers ? TOTAL LABOR COST ? 7 Capital expenditure 19500 0.08 Output 345000 0.056 7 LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ? MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY ? % CHANGE FOR LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ? % CHANGE FOR MULTIFACTOR ? PRODUCTIVITY 1. Calculate the Total Input Cost for Old and New systems (Labor cost + capital expense) (2 pts) 2. Calculate the Capital Expenditure and Output of the new system (2 pts) 3. Calculate labor productivity including all employees (line workers & field workers) for the old and new systems, in tons of output per dollar of input. (4pts) 4. Calculate the multifactor productivity (including line workers, field workers, and capital expenses) for the old and new systems, in tons of output per dollar of input. 4pts) 5. Calculate the percentage changes in labor and multifactor productivity. (3pts)

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