Suppose that , z the marginal product of efficiency units of labor, increases in the endogenous growth model. What effects does this have on the rates of growth and the levels of human capital, consumption, and output? Explain your results.

What are the three eras regarding the history of human population growth, and what arethe characteristics of each era? According to Galor and Weil (2000), what are the majoreconomic forces that drive the transition from a Malthusian economy to a modern growtheconomy?

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If you say, "Economic growth is also hampered by a scarcity of land and water, and climate change, which reduces rainfall and raises temperatures" wouldn't they also be constraints and all answers be correct?

Problem 5 A “miraculous" Asian economy has an aggregate wage bill of 300 billion dollars and an aggregate GDP of 500 billion. The annual growth rate of aggregate GDP for this economy over the last 10 years was 7 percent (that is AY/Y=0.07) and the growth rate of labor was 6 percent (AL/L=0.06). Imagine that the production function is given by the standard Cobb-Douglas AK“L“. ,а, 1-а Y What are the "capital share (a)" and the "labor share (1 – a)"? b. Imagine that the government controls the national accounts. In its quest to improve its reputation, the government mistakenly thinks that having "a lot of investment" will make it look good so it "inflates" its growth of capital number to 12% (AK/K=0.12). When researchers estimate the rate of productivity growth (AA/A), what will they find? Is the growth rate of technology positive or negative? Does your result in (b) make sense? d. The actual truth is that the growth rate of capital was one half of what it announced. That is, instead of…

Our simple growth model implies that Select one: a.countries with higher K/L ratios will have higher economic growth. b.increases in K/L increase Y/L but at a diminishing rate. c.capital has no impact on Y/L. d.there is little prospect of poor countries catching up with rich countries.   In the past few years, several high profile celebrities have campaigned for debt relief for HIPC's (Highly Indebted Poor Countries). While debt relief can potentially play a useful role in poverty reduction there are also some possible downsides such as Select one: a.reducing a poor nations exports. b.increasing government deficits. c.encouraging further debt by setting up an expectation that future debts will also be forgiven. d.under cutting local markets for food and other commodities given as aid.