MACROECONOMICS (LOOSELEAF)-PACKAGE
MACROECONOMICS (LOOSELEAF)-PACKAGE
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ISBN: 9781337492317
Author: Baumol
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 7, Problem 1TY
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To analyze:The percentage growth in labor productivity.

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Percentage change in labor productivity can be calculated by dividing the change in productivity by the old output.

For country A, it is

  % change in productivity = 48-4040×100= 20%

Similarly, it can be calculated for other countries:

    Output per HourPercentage Change In productivity
    20042014
    Country A404820
    Country B253540
    Country C2350
    Country D0.50.620

Country D had lowest productivity in year 2004, which was 0.5 units/hr. But the percentage growth of labor productivity is highest in country C, which is 50%. Hence, it is not true that productivity growth was highest where the initial level of productivity was the lowest.

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