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Historic Growth and Contemporary Development: Lessons and Controversies
Chapter 3
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The Growth Game
Growth rates of national income are followed closely by policy-makers
In order to better understand contemporary growth prospects, it is useful to examine historical growth patterns
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The Economics of Growth: Capital, Labor, and Technology Capital accumulation Population and labor force growth
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Figure 3.1 Effect of Increases in Physical and Human Resources on the Production Possibility Frontier
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Figure 3.2 Effect of Growth of Capital Stock and Land on the Production Possibility Frontier
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The Economics of Growth: Capital, Labor, and Technology Capital accumulation Population and labor force growth Technological progress
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Figure 3.3 Effect of Technological Change in the Agricultural Sector on the Production Possibility Frontier
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Figure 3.4 Effect of Technological Change in the Industrial Sector on the Production Possibility Frontier
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The Historical Record: Kuznet’s Six Characteristics of Modern Economic Growth
High rates of per capita income and population growth
High rates of total factor productivity increase
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Figure 3.5 Factor Accumulation Accounts for Only a Fraction of Growth
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The Historical Record: Kuznet’s Six Characteristics of Modern Economic Growth
High rates of per capita income and population growth
High rates of total factor productivity increase
high rates of economic structural transformation
High rates of social, political, and ideological transformation
International economic outreach
Limited international spread of economic growth
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The Limited Value of the Historical Growth Experience: Differing Initial Conditions
Physical and human resource endowments
Relative levels of per capita income and GNP
Climatic differences
Population size, distribution, and growth
The historical role of international migration
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The Limited Value of the Historical Growth Experience: Differing Initial Conditions
Physical and human resource endowments
Relative levels of per capita income and GNP
Climatic differences Population size,
distribution, and growth
The historical role of international migration
The growth stimulus of international trade
Basic R&D capabilities Stability and flexibility of
political and social institutions
Are living standards converging?
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Figure 3.6 Convergence among OECD Countries but Divergence in the World as a Whole
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Figure 3.6 Convergence among OECD Countries but Divergence in the World as a Whole cont’d
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Concepts for Review Brain drain Capital accumulation Capital-augmenting
technological progress Capital-saving
technological progress Capital stock Dualism
Economic growth Economic planning Equalization
(economic and social)
Free trade Human capital Infrastructure
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Concepts for Review, cont’d Labor-augmenting
technological progress
Labor-saving technological progress
Modernization ideals Neutral technological
progress
Production possibility curve
Rationality Research and
Development (R&D) Technological progress Terms of trade Total factor productivity
(TFP)
