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Factors of Economic Growth: Rule of 70, Productivity, Capital, Human Capital, Technology, Quizzes of Economics

Definitions and explanations of key economic growth concepts, including the rule of 70, labor productivity, physical capital, human capital, technology, aggregate production function, growth accounting, total factor productivity, convergence hypothesis, research and development, infrastructure, and sustainability.

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2012/2013

Uploaded on 11/24/2013

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TERM 1
Rule of 70
DEFINITION 1
tells us that the time it takes a variable that grows gradually
over time to double is approximately 70 divided by that
variables annual growth rate.
TERM 2
Labor productivity
DEFINITION 2
often referred to simply as productivity, is output per
worker.Over the longer run, however, the rate of
employment growth is never very different from the rate of
population growth. Over the course of the twentieth century,
for example, the population of the United States rose at an
average rate of 1.3% per year and employment rose 1.5%
per year.
TERM 3
Physical capital
DEFINITION 3
Physical capital consists of human-made goods such as
buildings and machines used to produce other goods and
services.
TERM 4
Human capital
DEFINITION 4
is the improvement in labor created by the education and
knowledge of members of the workforce.
TERM 5
Technology
DEFINITION 5
is the technical means for the production of goods and
services.
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Rule of 70

tells us that the time it takes a variable that grows gradually over time to double is approximately 70 divided by that variables annual growth rate. TERM 2

Labor productivity

DEFINITION 2 often referred to simply as productivity, is output per worker.Over the longer run, however, the rate of employment growth is never very different from the rate of population growth. Over the course of the twentieth century, for example, the population of the United States rose at an average rate of 1.3% per year and employment rose 1.5% per year. TERM 3

Physical capital

DEFINITION 3 Physical capital consists of human-made goods such as buildings and machines used to produce other goods and services. TERM 4

Human capital

DEFINITION 4 is the improvement in labor created by the education and knowledge of members of the workforce. TERM 5

Technology

DEFINITION 5 is the technical means for the production of goods and services.

Aggregate production function

is a hypothetical function that shows how productivity (output per worker) depends on the quantities of physical capital per worker and human capital per worker as well as the state of technology. diminishing returns to physical capital when, holding the amount of human capital per worker and the state of technology fixed, each successive increase in the amount of physical capital per worker leads to a smaller increase in productivity. TERM 7

Growth

accounting

DEFINITION 7 to estimate the contribution of each major factor in the aggregate production function to economic growth TERM 8

Total factor productivity

DEFINITION 8 is the amount of output that can be produced with a given amount of factor inputs. TERM 9

Convergence hypothesis

DEFINITION 9 international differences in real GDP per capita tend to narrow over time. TERM 10

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DEFINITION 10 good, growthsad