Economic Growth Chapter 25 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

25-2 Chapter Objectives Modern economic growth and increasing living standards Growth accounting U.S. productivity growth Is growth desirable and sustainable?

25-3 Economic Growth Increase in real GDP or real GDP per capita over some time period –What are the advantages of each calculation? Percentage rate of growth Growth as a goal Calculate: GDP chart GDP Growth % = This year RGDP – Last year RGDP Last year RGDP

25-4 Economic Growth Growth in U.S. real GDP –Increased 6 fold –3.5% per year Growth in U.S. real GDP per capita –Increased more than 3 fold –2.3% per year –What does the difference between the two tell us? What are the benefits of GDP growth? –Improved products and services –Added leisure –Other impacts: environment, stress, etc…

25-5 Modern Economic Growth Began with the Industrial Revolution in late 1700’s Ongoing increases in living standards Time for leisure Social change Democracy Human lifespan doubled

Modern Economic Growth Began in Britain Has spread slowly Starting date main cause of worldwide differences in living standards Catching up is possible –Leader countries invent technology –Follower countries adopt technology –Can grow faster LO2

Modern Economic Growth Real GDP Real GDP Average annual per capita, per capita, growth rate, Country United States $ 14,766 $41, % United Kingdom 11,257 34, France 9,347 31, Ireland 6,666 34, Japan 5,472 31, Singapore 4,149 55, Hong Kong 3,849 38, South Korea 1,765 26, LO2 Note: GDP figures for all countries are measured in “international dollars” of equal value to U.S. dollars in Source: Penn World Table version 7.1, pwt.econ.upenn.edu. Used by permission of the Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania

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25-9 Modern Economic Growth What types of policies or structures can promote growth? –Strong property rights –Patents and copyrights Emergence of lawsuits –Efficient financial institutions –Literacy and widespread education –Free trade –Competitive market system

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25-11 Ingredients of Growth Supply factors –Increases in quantity and quality of natural resources –Increases in quality and quantity of human resources –Increases in the supply (or stock) of capital goods –Improvements in technology

25-12 Ingredients of Growth Demand factor –Households, businesses, and government must purchase the economy’s expanding output Efficiency factor –Must achieve economic efficiency and full employment Productive and allocative efficiency

25-13 Production Possibilities From Chapter 1: Consumer Goods Capital Goods a Economic Growth b A C BD c

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25-16 Labor and Productivity Size of employed labor force Average hours of work Labor Inputs (hours of work) Technological advance Quantity of capital Education and training Allocative efficiency Other Labor Productivity (average output per hour) Real GDP Real GDP = hours of work x labor productivity x =

25-17 U.S. Economic Growth Annual Averages for Five Decades Year Average Annual Increase (Percent) Real GDP Real GDP Per Capita Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

25-18 Accounting for Growth Accounting for Growth of U.S. Real GDP, (average annual percentage changes) Item 1953 Q2 To 1973 Q Q4 To 1995 Q Q4 To 2001 Q Q1 To 2011 Q1 Projected 2011 Q1 To 2021 Q4 Increase in real GDP Increase in quantity of labor Increase in labor productivity

25-19 Factors affecting productivity growth –Technological advance (40%) –Quantity of capital (30%) –Education and training (15%) –Economies of scale and resource allocation (15%) Accounting for Growth

Average Test Scores of Eighth Grade Students in Math and Science, 2011 Mathematics Science LO4

25-21 Productivity Growth Accelerated rate of growth –1.4% per year –2.9% per year Affects real output, real income, and real wages Pay higher wages without lowering profit

25-22 Accelerated Productivity Growth AKA – The Tech Boom Microchip/information technology New firms and increasing returns Sources of increasing returns –More specialized inputs –Spreading of development costs –Simultaneous consumption –Network effects –Learning by doing G lobal competition

Productivity Growth LO5

25-24 Economic Growth Is accelerated productivity growth sustainable?

Economic Growth Is economic growth desirable and sustainable? The antigrowth view –Environmental and resource issues – poverty? –Is it worth the cost? Resources, stress, greed In defense of economic growth –Higher standard of living –Human imagination can solve environmental and resource issues 25-25

25-26 Economic Growth in China Growth averages past 25 years: –9% annual growth output –8% annual growth output per capita Labor more productive More international trade Transition to market economy Joined WTO 2001 Financial system remains weak Income inequality across geographic areas