12. Calculate per capita income for both countries. Express the answer in thousands.

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Y=F (K, L) = AK0.3L0.7

Country L (millions) K (trillions)  Y (GDP)
X 78 0.26 1.1
Y 100 0.84 1.6

 

## Economic Analysis Questions

### Question 12
Calculate per capita income for both countries. Express the answer in thousands.

### Question 13
Which of the four government policies to stimulate saving is essential? That is, which policy can on its own, regardless of the other policies, determine the level of the national saving rate?

### Question 14
How does the centrality of institutions and property rights in economic growth help to explain the predominance of rich countries in temperate climates and of poor countries in the tropics?
Transcribed Image Text:## Economic Analysis Questions ### Question 12 Calculate per capita income for both countries. Express the answer in thousands. ### Question 13 Which of the four government policies to stimulate saving is essential? That is, which policy can on its own, regardless of the other policies, determine the level of the national saving rate? ### Question 14 How does the centrality of institutions and property rights in economic growth help to explain the predominance of rich countries in temperate climates and of poor countries in the tropics?
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                                                                       Y=F (K, L) = AK0.3L0.7

12. Per Capita Income : The per capita income of a country can be defined as the per head availability of goods and services or the per head income in the country. It is calculated by dividing the GDP with the total Population. 

Here in this question for simplicity we consider labour as population since labour is the part of the population. 

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