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The Global Economy The Production Function

Roadmap PS0 Answers In the news Long run growth facts Production function theory Capital and labor inputs Productivity GDP per capita revisited

Practice Problems I

Practice Problems I

Practice Problems II

Submitting Assignments Electronic submission under Assignments All answers in one MS WORD file Can insert Excel graphs into WORD file “Compute XYZ and turn in a plot” Just submit the plot, not the computations Neatness helps!

In the news Housing Market What’s special about housing? Case-Shiller House Prices New Home Sales Consumer Confidence What’s special about housing? Forward-looking (leading indicator) Leverage Role in crisis

Home Sales and Prices Annual Percentage Change New Single-family Home Sales Home Prices Sources: Standard and Poors Case-Shiller Index and Dept. of Commerce.

Home Sales and Prices Levels New Single-family Home Sales, Thousands Home Prices, 2000=100 Sources: Standard and Poor’s Case-Shiller Housing Prices and Dept. of Commerce.

Roadmap PS0 Answers In the news Long run growth facts Production function theory Capital and labor inputs Productivity GDP per capita revisited

What can growth theory tell us? Why do some countries grow quickly? What produces a growth “miracle?” Can miracles be replicated? Does a country save “too much?” How can we forecast long-run growth?

A brief history of time Statistic Year 1 1000 1820 2008 Population (millions) 225 267 1,042 6,694 GDP Per Capita 467 425 666 7,614 Life expectancy 24 26 66 Source: Maddison website. For life expectancy, Maddison, 2001. Life expectancy shown in 2008 is for the year 2000.

Trends are important Source: Maddison, “Historical Statistics for the World Economy”

GDP per capita Region Year 1000 1820 2008 Western Europe 599 425 1,218 1000 1820 2008 Western Europe 599 425 1,218 21,672 Western offshoots 400 1,202 30,152 Japan 669 22,816 Latin America 691 6,973 Former “USSR” 688 7,904 China 450 466 600 6,725 Africa 472 420 1,760 World Average 467 453 666 7,614 Source: Maddison website.

Trends are important 2^8=256, 2^9=512, 2^10=1024, 2^11=2048,2^12=4096, 2^13=8192, 2^14=16384, 2^15=32768 Log2 scale: each number represents a doubling, Arg<13, Ger>14, Germany GDP/capita (19,144) almost double Argentina(7,666) Germany, US, most of Western Europe: 2% growth over last 100 years Argentina: used to be as rich as Germany Source: Maddison, “Historical Statistics for the World Economy,” 2001.

GDP growth rates, 1975-2005 Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000 prices in USD, PPP adjusted.

Take-off Pattern: 1980-2008 China Note: Size of circle is proportional to population. Data source: World Bank.

Long run growth facts Huge variation in cross-country income Large variation in growth rates Poor countries grow slowly Rich countries grow moderately Some poor countries grow very fast

Production Function Theory

Why theory? Theory is a tool to help organize thoughts Theory is a framework for analyzing data Theory helps simplify a complex world

Theory: the moving parts GDP Capital & Labor Productivity Political Process “Institutions”

Production function Idea: relate output to inputs Mathematical version: Definitions: K = quantity of physical capital used in production (plant and equipment) L = quantity of labor used in production A = total factor productivity (everything else)

Production function properties More inputs lead to more output Positive marginal products of capital and labor Diminishing marginal products If we increase one input, each increase leads to less additional output Marginal product = partial derivative of production function Constant returns to scale If we double **both** inputs, we double output

Production function properties

What is labor’s income share? Profit maximization First order conditions (marg. rev = marg. cost)

What is labor’s income share? Work with the second condition Multiply each side by L Substitute Y on left side and note that right side is payments to labor to estimate alpha:

GDP by income type labor income capital income

Inputs: capital Meaning: physical capital, plant and equipment Why does it change? Depreciation/destruction New investment Mathematical version: Adjustments for quality?

Measuring Capital Option #1: direct surveys of plant and equipment Option #2: perpetual inventory method Pick an initial value K0 Pick a depreciation rate (or measure depreciation directly) Measure K like this: In practice, #2 is the norm: Get I from NIPA Set δ = 0.06 [ballpark number] Example: K2010 = 100, δ = 0.06, I = 12 → K2011 = ??

Investment composition Note: Data prior to 1995 on difference base year.

Inputs: labor Meaning: units of work effort Why does it change? Population growth Fraction of population employed (extensive margin) Hours worked per worker (intensive margin)

Inputs: labor Adjustments for quality? Quantity? Mathematical version Skill: education? other? Mathematical version Human capital = H (years of school?)

Age distribution

Age distribution

GDP per capita Mexico China 35

GDP per working age person Mexico China 36

GDP Mexico GDP per Working Age Person Mexico GDP per Capita China GDP per Working Age Person China GDP per Capita 37

Productivity Standard number: Our number: How do we measure it? Average product of labor: Y/L Our number: Total Factor Productivity: Y/F(K,L) How do we measure it? Solve the production function for A

Productivity Example (US): Y/L = 33, K/L = 65 Note: the TFP number by itself is meaningless, but comparisons across countries or time are useful.

Productivity with human capital How do we measure it? Solve the production function for A Example (US): Y/L = 33, K/L = 65, H = 12.05

GDP per capita, revisited What accounts for GDP per capita?

GDP per capita, revisited Reasons for high GDP per capita: More workers: L/N More productivity: A More capital: K/L More skill: H Not present but could be added: hours worked

What have we learned today? The production function links output to inputs and productivity: The capital input (K): Plant and equipment, a consequence of investment (I) The labor input (HL): Population growth, age distribution, participation and hours, skill (H) TFP (A) can be inferred from data on output and inputs

The Global Economy Solow Growth Model

Capital accumulation and growth Can capital accumulation sustain growth? Can capital accumulation explain miracles? How does population growth affect growth? How do saving rates affect growth? Recurring themes in politics

Simple model Production function Capital accumulation equation Saving flow equation

Savings rates Assumption: constant saving rate Is this a good assumption? How would we check? Savings identity

Savings Private + Government Consumption Investment = Saving – Net Exports Net Exports

Solow model Production function Capital accumulation equation Saving flow equation Saving rate

Solow model Combining the equations Evolution of the capital stock Two forces: investment, depreciation

Solow model: dynamics output saving depreciation

Solow model: convergence Eventually: constant K, => Y, K/L, and Y/L Countries with low K and Y grow faster Eventually K stops changing This is the steady state

Solow model: convergence Do we see convergence? What data could we use to test this implication of the theory? GDP per capita GDP per capita vs. growth rates What would we see?

Convergence? Log of Real Per Capita GDP (PPP, 2005 Chained US$) Source: Penn World Tables 7.0

Convergence? Log of Real Per Capita GDP (PPP, 2005 Chained US$) Source: Penn World Tables 7.0

Level effects vs. growth effects Level effect: change in GDP level Temporary change in growth rate Growth effect: permanent change in growth rate Level or growth rate? Saving rate Population growth

Saving? How does the saving rate affect growth? See Solow.xls

Solow model: saving output high saving low saving depreciation

Population growth? More on this next week, but… Increases GDP, decreases GDP per capita Must invest more to provide capital for new workers In data, doesn’t vary enough to account for growth experiences

Making a “miracle” Solow model Are these enough? High saving rate Low capital-labor ratio Are these enough?

What have we learned today? Solow model Growth from saving-financed increases in capital Convergence property: growth eventually stops Conclusion: capital not the key to sustained growth Value: tool for exploring growth of emerging economies What are we missing? TFP growth

For the ride home Is aid ($$) good for developing countries? Bono: yes Bill Easterly (NYU faculty): maybe, proof? In the Solow model Is money/capital helpful? What else might be? Discussion board topic: Housing story