Amartya Sen, a professor of economics at Harvard and a Nobel Laureate, has argued: "For India to match China in its range of manufacturing capacity... it needs a better-educated and healthier labor force at all levels of society." Source: Amartya Sen, "Why India Trails China," Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2013. Education and health care are important for economic growth because
A. the average diet in India is far less healthy than in China.
B. a well-educated and healthy workforce has higher productivity.
C. jobs are being outsourced from India to China as a result of faster internet technology.
D. it is unfair when some people have better education and health care than others.
India has been able to experience rapid economic growth since 1991 despite poor educational and health care systems because
A. the government scaled back central planning, reduced regulations, and introduced market-based reforms.
B. the Indian people started to put aside their religous and cultural differences to make the country a better place.
C. the government provided modern sewer systems serviced to the vast majority of it inhabitants.
D. the British left a legacy of infrastructure including an efficient train system and world class ports.

The production of goods and services in an economy uses two factors of production, capital and labor. Capital consists of machines, tools and productive inputs while labor is the factor of production that comes from human effort. Each factor of production has a varied productivity. Labor productivity increases according to the education of workers in a country. This is why investment in education is of paramount importance. In addition, workers' quality of life influences their productivity. Healthier workers with access to necessary goods and services and leisure have greater productivity. Therefore, education and workforce health are important for high productivity.