EFIM20037/EFIM30053 Undergraduate assessment brief
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Undergraduate assessment brief
EFIM20037/EFIM30053
Section 1 (60 marks) – Essay question
This section assesses learning outcomes 1, 3, 4 and 5
To what extent can Sweden be regarded as a model? Perform a growth accounting decomposition for Sweden over the period 1950-2019 and critically discuss the links between these results, policies and growth theories.
In the first part of your essay, you should perform the following exercise using the data provided on Blackboard:
1. A description of the growth experience of Sweden’s GDP between 1950 and 2019, including a plot.
2. A growth accounting decomposition of Sweden’s GDP growth presented in a table, including a short exposition and discussion of the methodology employed.
3. A brief interpretation of the results.
In the second part of your essay, you should address the question:
4. Identify up to two policies implemented in Sweden over this period or subperiod.
5. Analyse the predicted effects of these policies on output growth in light of the growth model(s).
6. Discuss to what extent the empirical evidence provided by the growth accounting results, in the readings and other data sources is consistent with the predictions of the model(s).
Readings
Heyman, F., Norback, P.-J. and Persson, L. (2019). “The turnaround of the Swedish economy: lessons from large business sector reforms”, The World Bank Research Observer, 34, pp. 274-308.
Roine, J. and Waldenstrom, D. (2008). “The evolution of top incomes in an egalitarian society: Sweden, 1903 -2004”, Journal of Public Economics, 92, pp. 366-387.
Useful data sources:
OECD database:https://data.oecd.org/innovation-and-technology.htm
Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis:https://www.tillvaxtanalys.se/in-english.html
Statistics Sweden:https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/
World inequality database:https://wid.world/country/sweden/
Section 2 (40 marks) – Problem question (400 words)
This section assesses learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4
Assume an economy’s aggregate production function takes the following form:
Yt =
y Kt F (ℎLt )1−F
Where Y is total output, K is the country’s capital stock, L is the country’s labour force, which is composed of identical workers and h is human capital per worker.
y captures the economy’s technology level, where
is the average level of human capital per worker. Hence, the productive efficiency in this economy depends on
. F and y are two parameters such that F > 0 and y > 0 .
The economy is composed of households and a representative firm. All the output produced in the economy is redistributed to households as income in the form of wage income and dividend income from firms. In each period households save a constant fraction of their income s and consume the remaining . The firm employs labour and uses its capital stock to produce the output good using the aggregate production technology.
The labour force grows at the exogenous rate n and capital accumulates according to:
Kt+1 = It + (1 − d)Kt
Where It is investment and d is the rate of depreciation of the capital stock.
a) Let yt =
be output per worker and kt =
be capital per worker.
Find the expression for output per worker yt and the marginal product of capital as a function of capital per worker kt , and human capital per worker ℎ . Under which condition does the production function exhibit diminishing returns to capital?[5 marks]
In the remaining of the exercise, we will assume that the production function exhibits diminishing returns to capital.
b) Derive the equilibrium in this economy. At what rate do output per worker and total output grow in the long run? [15 marks]
c) Policymakers may implement policies affecting n, s or ℎ . Which of these policies can generate long term growth in output per worker? Show the effect of an exogeneous change in such a policy on output over time and explain the intuition.[15 marks]
d) What is the economic interpretation of the parameter y? Explain why in this economy, a policy aiming at increasing years of schooling in the population can be justified, even though we observe low private returns to education. Justify your answer. [5 marks]
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Penalties for late work Assignments handed in after the deadline, without a pre-arranged extension will be subject to the following penalty: • A fixed absolute penalty of 10 marks is applied for each 24-hour period work is submitted after the agreed deadline. Please note, weekend days count towards the calculation of late penalties . Public holidays in England, and University closure days do not. • A mark of zero is automatically applied to work submitted late such that at least four such 24-hour periods have elapsed. |
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Penalties for work over the maximum word count You are expected to include a word-count on the first page of the assignment. Footnotes should be avoided. • Direct quotations will count towards the word-count • Reference lists/bibliographies will not count within the word-count • Coversheets will not count within the word counts • Tables and figures (i.e. diagrams) will not count within the word counts. If you are found to have put an inaccurate word-count on your submission, a penalty of 5 marks may be imposed, over and above the penalties below: |
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For example, for a 2,000 word assignment, if a student handed in a piece of work consisting of 2,050 words, your mark would be reduced by 5 marks. This is because the piece of work is between 0% and 5% over the maximum limit. |
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2022-10-27