251-272 MAKING A MIRACLE1 BY ROBERT E. LUCAS‚ JR. This lecture surveys recent models of growth and trade in search of descriptions of technologies that are consistent with episodes of very rapid income growth. Emphasis is placed on the on-the-job accumulation of human capital: learning by doing. Possible connections between learning rates and international trade are discussed. KEYWORDS: Growth‚ productivity‚ on-the-job training‚ learning.
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“THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITISH LIFE. 1950-2000” This book has been written by Andrew S. Rosen‚ who has been named president of Kaplan‚ Inc.‚ a leading provider of educational services to individuals‚ schools and businesses. The author has chosen his title carefully: British life in the second half of the twentieth century was transformed but not changed. The book talks about some aspects as life‚ transport and other‚ like customs. The religion‚ for example. There was a division of that. On
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ARE THE CAUSES‚ EFFECTS AND MEASURES OF OVER-POPULATION IN PAKISTAN? What is Population? In human biology‚ the whole numbers of residents take up an area (such as a country or the world) and frequently being changed by increases (births and migrations) and losses (deaths and migrations). What is Over Population? The term “Over Population” or “Population Explosion” is used to express the idea of more population for fewer resources. Population Situation in Pakistan: According to the economic
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common models of population growth is the exponential model. These models use functions of the torm p(t) : po€rt‚ wherep6 is the initial population and r > 0 is the rate constant. Because exponential models describe unbounded growth‚ they are unrealistic over long periods of time. Due to shortages of space and resources‚ all populations must eventually have decreasing grovtrth rates. Logistic growth models allow for exponential growth when the population is small. However‚ as the population approaches
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of Ageing Population Synopsis: The ageing of the population has become on of the major talking points of modern economics and its implications for world growth in the future. This essay examines the causes of the demographic shift by focusing on the changes in mortality and fertility experienced by the developed and developing world. It then attempts to answer some of the questions about the economic implications of ageing populations‚ including implications for future economic growth‚ the government’s
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a dotted line‚ extend your line of best fit to the year 2050. What do you predict the population to be for? a) the world? Ans.: the world population is rapidly increasing and I suspect that it will be about 9.8 billion people in 2050. b) Canada? Ans.: likewise‚ Canada’s population is increasing. It will be approximately 44.1 million people in 2050. 2. In 1998 the United Nations estimated that the population of the world would be 8 billion by the year 2025. How does your figure compare to the
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Population Dynamics Discussing the Population Dynamics of Netherland Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands‚ consisting of twelve provinces in North-West Europe and three islands in the Caribbean. The Capital is Amsterdam. | The Netherlands is the 61st most populated country in the world and as of March 9‚ 2011 it has
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Increasing importance has been placed upon population and population growth over the course of the past few centuries. Scientists are frenetically searching for the solution to this issue‚ and their outcomes are bleak. They are telling the world that if population growth does not slow‚ the earth will swell to a capacity too large to sustain itself and the conclusion will be apocalyptic. Explanations are numerous‚ however viable solutions are difficult to find. Adherents to the Malthusian theory
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Sangamner India’s Growing Population Abstract The population explosion is a curse for the developing countries like India‚ the population explosion is a curse and is damaging to the development of the country and its society. The developing countries already facing a lack of their resources‚ and with the rapidly increasing population‚ the resources available per person are reduced further‚ leading to increased poverty‚ malnutrition‚ and other large population-related problems. The present
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