Key Terms

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

Question

Rule of 70
Labor productivity
Productivity
Physical capital
Human capital
Technological progress
Aggregate production function
Diminishing returns to physical capital
Growth accounting
Total factor productivity
Research and development
Infrastructure
Convergence hypothesis
Sustainable longrun economic growth
a principle of economic growth that holds that international differences in real GDP per capita tend to narrow over time because countries that start with lower real GDP per capita tend to have higher growth rates
the effect on an aggregate production function when the amount of human capital per worker and the state of technology are held fixed: each successive increase in the amount of physical capital per worker leads to a smaller increase in productivity
long-run growth that can continue in the face of the limited supply of natural resources and the impact of growth on the environment
the amount of output that can be produced with a given amount of factor inputs
physical capital, such as roads, power lines, ports, information networks, and other parts of an economy, that provides the underpinnings, or foundation, for economic activity
a hypothetical function that shows how productivity (real GDP per worker) depends on the quantities of physical capital per worker and human capital per worker as well as the state of technology
a mathematical formula that states that the time it takes real GDP per capita, or any other variable that grows gradually over time, to double is approximately 70 divided by that variable’s annual growth rate
an advance in the technical means of the production of goods and services
an estimation of the contribution of each of the major factors (physical and human capital, labor, and technology) in the aggregate production function
output per worker; also referred to as simply productivity
manufactured resources, such as buildings and machines
output per worker; a shortened form of the term labor productivity.
the improvement in labor created by the education and knowledge embodied in the workforce
spending to create new technologies and prepare them for practical use

Rule of 70, p. 380

Labor productivity, p. 382

Productivity, p. 382

Physical capital, p. 383

Human capital, p. 383

Technological progress, p. 383

Aggregate production function, p. 384

Diminishing returns to physical capital, p. 384

Growth accounting, p. 386

Total factor productivity, p. 387

Research and development (R&D), p. 391

Infrastructure, p. 392

Convergence hypothesis, p. 397

Sustainable long-run economic growth, p. 400

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