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Consider a small Island country whose only industry is weaving. The following table shows information about the small economy in two different years.
Complete the table by calculating physical capital per worker as well as labor productivity.
Hint: Recall that productivity is defined as the amount of goods and services a worker can produce per hour. In this problem, measure productivity as
the quantity of goods per hour of labor.
Year
2013
2014
Physical Capital
(Looms)
120
400
Based on your calculations,
from 2013 to 2014.
Labor Force
(Workers)
60
100
Physical Capital per Worker
(Looms)
Labor Hours
(Hours)
3,300
3,500
Output
(Garments)
23,100
49,000
in physical capital per worker from 2013 to 2014 is associated with
an increase
Suppose you're in charge of a decrease conomic policy for this small island country.
Labor Productivity
(Garments per hour of labor)
Which of the following policies would lead to…
Indicate which economy satisfies each of the following statements.
Statement
Austria
Botswana
Honduras
Malaysla
Venezuela
Zambla
This economy had the highest level of real income per person in the
year 2010.
This economy experienced the fastest rate of growth in real income
per person from 1960 to 2010,
Consider the following list of four economies. Which economy began with a level of real income per person in 1960 that was well below that of
Venezuela and grew fast enough to catch up with and surpass Venezuela's real income per person by 2010?
O Austria
Honduras
Malaysia
Zambia
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