Transcript Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Economic Growth: Malthus and Solow
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Chapter 6 Topics
• Economic growth facts • Malthusian model of economic growth • Solow growth model • Growth accounting Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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U.S. Per Capita Income Growth
In the United States, growth in per capita income has not strayed far from 2% per year (excepting the Great Depression and World War II) since 1900.
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Figure 6.1
Natural Log of Real Per Capita Income in the United States, 1869 –2005 Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Real Per Capita Income and the Investment Rate
Across countries, real per capita income and the investment rate are positively correlated.
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Figure 6.2
Real Income Per Capita vs. Investment Rate
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Real per capita income and the rate of population growth
Across countries, real per capita income and the population growth rate are negatively correlated.
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Figure 6.3
Real Income Per Capita vs. the Population Growth Rate Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Real per capita income and per capita income growth
• There is no tendency for rich countries to grow faster than poor countries, and vice-versa.
• Rich countries are more alike in terms of rates of growth than are poor countries.
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Figure 6.4
Growth Rate in Per Capita Income vs. Real Income Per Capita for the Countries of the World Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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A Malthusian Model of Economic Growth
Model predicts that a technological advance will just increase population, with no long-run change in the standard of living.
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Equation 6.1: Production Function
Output is produced from land and labor inputs.
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Equation 6.2: Evolution of the population
Population growth is higher the higher is per capita consumption.
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Equation 6.3: Equilibrium Condition
In equilibrium, consumption equals output produced.
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Equation 6.4: Equilibrium evolution of the population
This equation describes how the future population depends on current population.
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Figure 6.5
Population Growth Depends on Consumption per Worker in the Malthusian Model Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.5
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Figure 6.6
Determination of the Population in the Steady State Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.6: The per-worker production function
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Equation 6.7: Equilibrium condition in per-worker form
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Equation 6.8
Population growth is increasing in consumption per worker,
c
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Figure 6.7
The Per-Worker Production Function
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Figure 6.8
Determination of the Steady State in the Malthusian Model Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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An increase in z in the Malthusian model
• If
z
increases, this shifts up the per-worker production function.
• In the long run, the population increases to the point where per capita consumption returns to its initial level.
• There is no long-run change in living standards.
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Figure 6.9
The Effect of an Increase in
z
in the Malthusian Model Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.10
Adjustment to the Steady State in the Malthusian Model When
z
Increases Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Population Control in the Malthusian Model
• Population control alters the relationship between population growth and per-capita consumption.
• In the long run, per capita consumption increases, and living standards rise.
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Figure 6.11
Population Control in the Malthusian Model Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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How Useful is the Malthusian Model
• Model provides a good explanation for pre-1800 growth facts in the world.
• Malthus did not predict the effects of technological advances on fertility.
• Malthus did not understand the role of capital accumulation in growth.
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Solow Growth Model
• This is a key model which is the basis for the modern theory of economic growth.
• A key prediction is that technological progress is necessary for sustained increases in standards of living.
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Equation 6.9: Population growth
• In the Solow growth model, population is assumed to grow at a constant rate
n
.
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Equation 6.10: Consumption Savings Behavior
• Consumers are assumed to save a constant fraction s of their income, consuming the rest. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.11: Representative firm’s production function
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Equation 6.12
Constant returns to scale implies: Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.13: Evolution of the capital stock
Future capital equals the capital remaining after depreciation, plus current investment.
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Figure 6.12
The Per-Worker Production Function Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.14: Income Expenditure Identity
The income expenditure identity holds as an equilibrium condition.
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Equation 6.15
In equilibrium, future capital equals total savings (
= I
) plus what remains of current
K
.
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Equation 6.16
Substitute for output from the production function.
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Equation 6.17
Rewrite in per-worker form.
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Equation 6.18
Re-arrange, to get: Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.13
Determination of the Steady State Quantity of Capital per Worker Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.19
Equation determining the steady state quantity of capital per worker,
k
*: Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.14
Determination of the Steady State Quantity of Capital per Worker Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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An increase in the savings rate, s
• In the steady state, this increases capital per worker and real output per capita.
• In the steady state, there is no effect on the growth rates of aggregate variables.
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Figure 6.15
Effect of an Increase in the Savings Rate on the Steady State Quantity of Capital per Worker Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.16
Effect of an Increase in the Savings Rate at Time
T
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Figure 6.17
Steady State Consumption per Worker Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.18
The Golden Rule Quantity of Capital per Worker Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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An increase in the population growth rate, n
• Capital per worker and output per worker decrease.
• There is no effect on the growth rates of aggregate variables.
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Figure 6.19
Steady State Effects of an Increase in the Labor Force Growth Rate Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Increases in Total Factor Productivity, z
Sustained increases in
z
cause sustained increases in per capita income.
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Figure 6.20
Increases in Total Factor Productivity in the Solow Growth Model Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Growth Accounting
An approach that uses the production function and measurements of aggregate inputs and outputs to attribute economic growth to: (i) growth in factor inputs; (ii) total factor productivity growth.
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Equation 6.20: Cobb-Douglas Production Function
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Equation 6.21
A labor share in national income of 64% gives: Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Equation 6.22
The Solow residual is calculated as: Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.21
Natural Log of the Solow Residual, 1948 –2005 Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Table 6.1
Average Annual Growth Rates in the Solow Residual Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Figure 6.22
Percentage Deviations from Trend in Real GDP (black line) and the Solow Residual (colored line), 1948 –2005 Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Table 6.2
Measured GDP, Capital Stock, Employment, and Solow Residual Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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Table 6.3
Average Annual Growth Rates
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Table 6.4
East Asian Growth Miracles (Average Annual Growth Rates) Copyright © 2008 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved.
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