Macroeconomics (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134106229
Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: PEARSON
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The well-being of workers in OECD countries
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Three Irish sisters are thinking about emigrating in 1870. The options are going to the United States or Argentina, or staying in Ireland. They cannot agree where to go and split up. One stays in Ireland, one emigrates to the United States and one to Argentina. The following table provides information on real GDP per capita in 1870, 1913, and 1929 in Ireland, the United States and Argentina expressed in U.S. dollars of 1990, which we will use to analyze how each did.
Real GDP per capita
1870
1913
1929
Ireland
1,775
2,736
2,824
United States
2,445
5,301
6,899
Argentina
1,311
3,797
4,367
(d) Suppose by 1913 each of the sisters has a daughter who is thinking about emigrating. The daughters forecast income in 1929 using the average growth rate observed between 1870 and 1913. Find the forecasted 1929 real GDP per capita level for each country.
The following table shows hypothetical values for the real GDP and population for the United States, Japan, Brazil, and Germany in
2016. Complete the table by calculating the real GDP per capita for each country.
Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.
Real GDP and Population, 2016: Select Countries
Country
United States
Japan
Brazil
Germany
Real GDP (millions of Population (millions of
dollars)
$14,059,255
4,199,260
1,709,488
2,958,902
people)
287
117
186
77
Real GDP per Capita
(dollars)
$
Units
Current Reales (million)
Million
2000= 100
Reales
Reales, 2000
2000
Nominal GDP
Population
GDP deflator
Nominal GDPpc
Real GDPpc
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (online)
1,199,092
174.5
100.0
6,840
6,840
2017
How long would it take for real GDPpc to double?
6,559,940
209.3
369.4
28,299
7,661
What does this 0.9% growth in real GDPpc mean in terms long-term standard of living in Brazil?
Average annual growth (%)
14.0
1.4
10.6
11.5
0.9
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Chapter 8 Solutions
Macroeconomics (6th Edition)
Ch. 8 - Prob. 8.1.1RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.2RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.3RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.4RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.5RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.6PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.7PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.8PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.9PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.10PA
Ch. 8 - Prob. 8.1.11PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.12PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.13PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.1.14PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.1RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.2RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.3RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.4PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.5PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.6PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.7PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.8PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.9PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.2.10PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.1RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.2RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.3RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.4PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.5PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.6PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.7PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.8PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.9PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.3.10PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.1RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.2RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.3RQCh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.4PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.5PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.6PACh. 8 - Prob. 8.4.7PACh. 8 - Briefly discuss the accuracy of the following...Ch. 8 - Prob. 8.1RDECh. 8 - Prob. 8.2RDECh. 8 - Prob. 8.3RDECh. 8 - Prob. 8.4RDECh. 8 - Prob. 8.5RDECh. 8 - Prob. 8.6RDECh. 8 - Prob. 8.7RDE
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