What is the catch-up effect?

The catch-up effect refers to the phenomenon where poorer economies grow at a faster rate than wealthier ones when given the same amount of resources, leading to an increase in their productivity and living standards.

What are diminishing returns in economics?

Diminishing returns occur when adding more capital results in smaller increases in output, meaning that after a certain point, additional input yields less additional output.

How does public policy impact economic growth?

Public policy can influence savings and investment levels, which in turn affects capital accumulation, productivity, and overall economic growth.

Why do poor countries benefit more from capital compared to rich countries?

Poor countries benefit more from capital because they typically have lower initial levels of capital; thus, an increase in capital leads to a more significant productivity increase compared to already wealthy countries.

What does the production function illustrate?

The production function illustrates the relationship between input (capital) and output (productivity), highlighting the concepts of the catch-up effect and diminishing returns.

Macro 12-25 Diminishing Returns & the Catch Up Effect

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Résumé

TLDRIn this lecture, Professor Sides covers macroeconomic principles related to production and growth, specifically focusing on how public policies affect productivity and economic growth. The discussion highlights the importance of savings and investment over consumption and explains two key concepts: the catch-up effect, where poorer economies grow faster when provided with capital, and diminishing returns, where increased capital yields progressively smaller increases in output in wealthier economies. Through graphical examples, he demonstrates how resource allocation impacts productivity gains in developing versus developed nations, concluding that poor nations have significant potential for growth given additional capital.

A retenir

💰 Savings and investment over consumption can lead to economic growth.
📈 The catch-up effect allows poorer economies to grow faster with new resources.
📉 Diminishing returns mean more capital results in less productivity increase over time.
🌍 Poor nations have more room for growth compared to wealthy nations.
📊 The production function helps illustrate economic principles.

Chronologie

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In this lecture, Professor Sides explores the connection between public policies, productivity, and economic growth in macroeconomics. He highlights how savings and investment over consumption can boost capital, leading to increased productivity and higher living standards. The concept of the 'catch-up effect' is introduced, where poorer economies can grow faster than wealthier ones when given additional capital. However, he discusses diminishing returns, explaining that while capital investment yields significant productivity gains in developing nations, it has lesser impacts in developed nations. The lecture concludes by reinforcing these concepts and their implications for growth and development.

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Vidéo Q&R

What is the catch-up effect?
The catch-up effect refers to the phenomenon where poorer economies grow at a faster rate than wealthier ones when given the same amount of resources, leading to an increase in their productivity and living standards.
What are diminishing returns in economics?
Diminishing returns occur when adding more capital results in smaller increases in output, meaning that after a certain point, additional input yields less additional output.
How does public policy impact economic growth?
Public policy can influence savings and investment levels, which in turn affects capital accumulation, productivity, and overall economic growth.
Why do poor countries benefit more from capital compared to rich countries?
Poor countries benefit more from capital because they typically have lower initial levels of capital; thus, an increase in capital leads to a more significant productivity increase compared to already wealthy countries.
What does the production function illustrate?
The production function illustrates the relationship between input (capital) and output (productivity), highlighting the concepts of the catch-up effect and diminishing returns.

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hello ladies and gentlemen this is
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Professor sides and this course is
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principles of macroeconomics chapter 12
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or chapter 25 in the combination book
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production and
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growth in the previous lecture we've
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talked about international data and with
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the production function we've examined
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productivity now we will add to the
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conversation the link between Pro
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policies and productivity which leads to
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growth in the first part we talked about
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the policies and in this part the second
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part we're going to talk about the
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effects that public policy has on
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economic
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growth when an economy or a society
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chooses savings and investment over
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consumption Capital will rise and in
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theory productivity and standard of
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living increases if the economy is poor
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and the living standard Rises faster
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than a wealthy economy we call this the
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catchup effect but at some point no
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matter how much input we increase the
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output will stay the same or decrease
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and that's diminishing returns
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the production function that we
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mentioned in our previous lecture shows
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the catchup effect and diminishing
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returns here we look at the diminishing
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returns what we have here is that if we
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have a a worker that lives in a country
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where there is little Capital if we give
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them an increase in capital then we will
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see that there um there's an an an
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increase excuse me in productivity and
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that that increase in productivity is
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much larger than the increase in Pro
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productivity of a worker who is already
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given a lot of capital so in this
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example here's a um a poor country a
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developing nation and then this would be
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a developed nation and so when you give
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more Capital then you would notice when
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you give more Capital we have the same
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amount of capital here and here but when
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you give the same amount of capital for
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a poor Nation the productivity is
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greater than with a more developed
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country when we talk about the catchup
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effect we will use the
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same um graph and basically what we find
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is that a poor country will start here
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and a rich country will start here and
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we give both countries the same amount
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of input but we will see that again the
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poor country's growth is larger um than
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the rich Count's growth and again that's
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due to um um what we call the catchup
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effect but that's due to the fact that
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when a country a poor country is given
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resources
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it allows them to grow it allows them to
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be more productive which will spark
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growth but if a rich country given the
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same amount they've already experiencing
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their wealth they you'll see very little
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productivity and so on the curve
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graphically we see this distance here is
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greater here than it is here showing
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that at this point we're beginning to
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see diminishing terms whereas this
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country the poor country still has a lot
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of room for growth and development
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this concludes this chapter chapter 12
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or 25 production and growth I look
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forward to speaking with you about these
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Concepts in the classroom have a good
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day