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2 marks, −0.666666666666667Economics of Growth and Development › Harrod–Domar and Solow growth models › Growth models with labour markets and class savingsHardabout 3 min

DSE 2014 Question 56: Harrod–Domar and Solow growth models

Consider an economy with NNN identical competitive firms, each producing Yi=(Ki)α(Li)1−αY^i=(K^i)^\alpha (L^i)^{1-\alpha}Yi=(Ki)α(Li)1−α, 0<α<10<\alpha<10<α<1, with aggregate output Yt=(Kt)α(Lt)1−αY_t=(K_t)^\alpha (L_t)^{1-\alpha}Yt​=(Kt​)α(Lt​)1−α (final good is numeraire; wage wtw_twt​, rental rtr_trt​). There are HHH identical households, each with capital kthk_t^hkth​ and 1 unit of labour, saving and investing half of total income (dkh/dt=12yhdk^h/dt=\tfrac12 y^hdkh/dt=21​yh, no depreciation); capital is supplied inelastically. Labour supply is now: each household maximises U=wtlth−DU=w_t l_t^h - DU=wt​lth​−D (D>0D>0D>0) for any lth>0l_t^h>0lth​>0, and U=0U=0U=0 for lth=0l_t^h=0lth​=0 (fixed disutility of working). The new aggregate labour supply schedule by the households is

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Consider an economy with N identical competitive firms, each producing Yⁱ=(Kⁱ)^α (Lⁱ)^(1-α), 0<α<1, with aggregate output Yₜ=(Kₜ)^α (Lₜ)^(1-α) (final good is numeraire; wage wₜ, rental rₜ). There are H identical households, each with capital kₜ^h and 1 unit of labour, saving and investing half of total income (dk^h/dt=1/2 y^h, no depreciation); capital is supplied inelastically. Labour supply is now: each household maximises U=wₜ lₜ^h - D (D>0) for any lₜ^h>0, and U=0 for lₜ^h=0 (fixed disutility of working). The new aggregate labour supply schedule by the households is (A) Lₜ^S=0 for wₜ<w≡D/H, and H for wₜ≥w (B) Lₜ^S=H for all values of wₜ (C) Lₜ^S=0 for wₜ<w̃≡ D, and H for wₜ≥w̃ (D) None of the above

Also written as: Consider an economy with N identical competitive firms, each producing Y^i=(K^i)^(alpha) (L^i)^(1-alpha), 0<alpha<1, with aggregate output Y_t=(K_t)^(alpha) (L_t)^(1-alpha) (final good is numeraire; wage w_t, rental r_t). There are H identical households, each with capital k_t^h and 1 unit of labour, saving and investing half of total income (dk^h/dt=1/2 y^h, no depreciation); capital is supplied inelastically. Labour supply is now: each household maximises U=w_t l_t^h - D (D>0) for any l_t^h>0, and U=0 for l_t^h=0 (fixed disutility of working). The new aggregate labour supply schedule by the households is

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