Macroeconomics - CH24 Long-Run Economic Growth
Macroeconomics - CH24 Long-Run Economic Growth
Macroeconomics - CH24 Long-Run Economic Growth
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Explain the term real GDP per capita
The real GDP per capita is the real GDP divided by the population size. We focus on real GDP per capita because we want to isolate the effect of changes in the population.
Long-run economic growth depends almost entirely on one ingredient. Which one?
Rising productivity
Explain the term labor productivity, or productivity for short.
The term labor productivity, or productivity for short, is used to refer either to output per worker or, in some cases, to output per hour. For the economy as a whole, productivity – output per worker – is simply real GDP divided by the number of people working.
What are the three main reasons the average worker produces far more than his or her counterpart a century ago?
- Increase in Physical Capital (better equipment)
- Increase in Human Capital (better education and knowledge)
- Technological Progress (better technologies)
What is the aggregate production function?
Explain the term diminishin returns to physical capital
Diminishing returns to physical capital is an “other things equal” phenomenon: additional amounts of physical capital are less productive when the amount of human capital per worker and the technology are held fixed! Diminishing returns may disappear if we increase the amount of human capital per worker, or improve the technology, or both at the same time the amount of physical capital per worker is increased.
That is, when the amount of human capital per worker and the state of technology are held fixed, each successive increase in the amount of physical capital per worker leads a smaller increase in productivity.
Economies with rapid growth tend to be economies that add physical capital, increase their human capital, or experience rapid technological progress. Evidence also points to the importance of __________, __________, and __________ in fostering the sources of growth.
government policies, property rights political stability, and good governance