6. Suppose that total capital and labor both increase by the same percentage amount, so that the...

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6. Suppose that total capital and labor both increase by the same percentage amount, so that the amount of capital per worker, k, doesn’t change. Writing the production function in per-worker terms, y = f(k), requires that this increase in capital and labor must not change the amount of output produced per worker, y. Use the growth accounting equation to show that equal percentage increases in capital and labor will leave output per worker unaffected only if aK + aN = 1.

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 126164

8th Edition

Authors: Andrew B. Abel, Ben Bernanke, Dean Croushore

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