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ECO342H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Capital Accumulation, Human Capital, International Trade

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8 Apr 2019
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Economics
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ECO342H1
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Examine technological/productivity change as determined by growth of per capita real incomes. Observed that solow growth model implies countries with same savings rates and technology should converge to identical per capita incomes and long-term growth rates even if capital and labor weren"t mobile. Rate of population growth and share of income going to labor did not differ substantially enough between countries to explain income differentials. Rapid population growth in poor and rich countries. Labor shares lower in poor countries but no evidence from application of basic model that poorer countries grew faster. Removal of trade barriers/inefficiencies shifted growth path but did not change slope. Different savings rates implies poorer countries have systematically higher interest rates and spontaneous changes in savings rates needed to explain large changes in growth rates in individual countries. Real data shows large differences in thriftiness between japan and us had little effect on growth rates. Introduction of factor mobility reinforced prediction of convergence for model.

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