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N. Gregory Mankiw. Macroeconomics Sixth Edition. Chapter 3: National Income: Where it Comes From and Where it Goes. Econ 4020/Chatterjee. In this chapter, you will learn…. How an economy’s total output/income is produced How the prices of the factors of production are determined
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N. Gregory Mankiw Macroeconomics Sixth Edition Chapter 3: National Income:Where it Comes From and Where it Goes Econ 4020/Chatterjee CHAPTER 3 National Income
In this chapter, you will learn… • How an economy’s total output/income is produced • How the prices of the factors of production are determined • How total income is distributed • What determines the demand for goods and services (how is total income spent?) • How equilibrium in the goods market is achieved CHAPTER 3 National Income
Outline of model A closed economy, market-clearing model Economic Agents • Households • Firms • Government Markets where these agents interact • Market for Goods and Services • Factor Markets • Financial Markets The interaction between agents in the context of markets determines an economy’s resource allocation and progress CHAPTER 3 National Income
Who Produces Output?Factors of production K = capital: tools, machines, and structures used in production L = labor: the physical and mental efforts of workers AND TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 3 National Income
The production function • denoted Y = F(K,L) • shows how much output (Y) the economy can produce fromKunits of capital and Lunits of labor • reflects the economy’s level of technology • exhibits “constant returns to scale” CHAPTER 3 National Income
Returns to scale: A review Initially Y1= F(K1,L1 ) Suppose all inputs were to increase by the same factor z: K2 = zK1 and L2 = zL1 (e.g., if z = 2, then all inputs are doubled) What happens to output, Y2 = F (K2,L2)? • If constant returns to scale, Y2 = zY1 • If increasing returns to scale, Y2 > zY1 • If decreasing returns to scale, Y2 < zY1 CHAPTER 3 National Income
Assumptions of the model • Technology is fixed. • The economy’s supplies of capital and labor are fixed at Why? Because we are looking at the “long run” where all resources are fully utilized or employed CHAPTER 3 National Income
Determining GDP Output is determined by the fixed factor supplies and the fixed state of technology: CHAPTER 3 National Income
The distribution of national income • determined by factor prices, the prices per unit that firms pay for the factors of production • wage = price of L • rental rate = price of K CHAPTER 3 National Income
Notation W = nominal wage R = nominal rental rate P = price of output W/P = real wage (measured in units of output) R/P = real rental rate CHAPTER 3 National Income
How factor prices are determined • Factor prices are determined by supply and demand in factor markets. • Recall: Supply of each factor is fixed. • What about demand? CHAPTER 3 National Income
Demand for labor • Assume markets are competitive: each firm takes W, R, and P as given. • Basic idea:A firm hires each unit of labor if the cost does not exceed the benefit. • cost = real wage • benefit = marginal product of labor CHAPTER 3 National Income
Marginal product of labor (MPL) • definition:The extra output the firm can produce using an additional unit of labor (holding all other inputs fixed): MPL = F(K,L+1) – F(K,L) CHAPTER 3 National Income
MPL 1 As more labor is added, MPL MPL 1 Slope of the production function equals MPL 1 MPL and the production function Y output MPL L labor CHAPTER 3 National Income
Diminishing marginal returns • As a factor input is increased, its marginal product falls (other things equal). • Intuition:Suppose L while holding K fixed fewer machines per worker lower worker productivity CHAPTER 3 National Income
Units of output Real wage MPL, Labor demand Units of labor, L Quantity of labor demanded MPL and the demand for labor Each firm hires labor up to the point where MPL = W/P. CHAPTER 3 National Income
Labor supply Units of output equilibrium real wage MPL, Labor demand Units of labor, L The equilibrium real wage The real wage adjusts to equate labor demand with supply. CHAPTER 3 National Income
Determining the rental rate We have just seen that MPL= W/P. The same logic shows that MPK= R/P: • diminishing returns to capital: MPK as K • The MPKcurve is the firm’s demand curve for renting capital. • Firms maximize profits by choosing Ksuch that MPK = R/P. CHAPTER 3 National Income
Units of output Supply of capital equilibrium R/P MPK, demand for capital Units of capital, K The equilibrium real rental rate The real rental rate adjusts to equate demand for capital with supply. CHAPTER 3 National Income
The ratio of labor income to total income in the U.S. Labor’s share of total income Labor’s share of income is approximately constant over time.(Hence, capital’s share is, too.) CHAPTER 3 National Income
The Cobb-Douglas Production Function • The Cobb-Douglas production function is: where A represents the level of technology • The Cobb-Douglas production function has constant factor shares: = capital’s share of total income: capital income = MPK x K = Y labor income = MPL x L = (1 – )Y • . CHAPTER 3 National Income
The Cobb-Douglas Production Function • Each factor’s marginal product is proportional to its average product: CHAPTER 3 National Income
nationalincome capitalincome laborincome How income is distributed: total labor income = total capital income = If production function has constant returns to scale, then CHAPTER 3 National Income
Empirical estimates of the Cobb-Douglas Production Function • Economists have estimated that the share of capital income in U.S. GDP is approximately 33%, .i.e. = 0.33 • Labor’s share in U.S. GDP is approximately 67%. • These shares are roughly constant over long periods of time: fits the Cobb-Douglas Specification. CHAPTER 3 National Income
The ratio of labor income to total income in the U.S. Labor’s share of total income Labor’s share of income is approximately constant over time.(Hence, capital’s share is, too.) CHAPTER 3 National Income
The Neoclassical Theory of Distribution • Each factor of production is paid its marginal product • In equilibrium, MPL = W/P (real wage) MPK = r/P (real rental rate) • Characterized by the Law of Diminishing Returns • Growth in factor productivity should be tracked by the growth in real factor income. CHAPTER 3 National Income
The Neoclassical Theory in Action… Black Death and Factor Prices • Outbreak of bubonic plague in Europe or The Black Death in the year 1348 • The population of Europe was reduced by a third • Real wages doubled and peasants enjoyed economic prosperity • Real rents on land fell by nearly 50 percent and the landowner class suffered significant reductions in their incomes CHAPTER 3 National Income
The Neoclassical Theory in Action… The Abolition of Slavery Act, U.K. (1833) • Former slaves in the Caribbean colonies demanded higher wages and compensation • Plantations in the Caribbean Islands became less profitable as labor costs rose • British response: IMPORT labor from colonies in Asia and Africa • What happened to wage rates in the Caribbean? CHAPTER 3 National Income
Outline of model A closed economy, market-clearing model Supply side • factor markets (supply, demand, price) • determination of output/income Demand side • determinants of C, I, and G Equilibrium • goods market • loanable funds market DONE DONE Next CHAPTER 3 National Income
Demand for goods & services Components of aggregate demand: C = consumer demand for goods & services I = firms’ demand for investment goods G = government demand for goods & services (closed economy: no exports or imports ) CHAPTER 3 National Income
Gross Domestic Product, USA [Billions of dollars] Seasonally adjusted at annual rates Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis CHAPTER 3 National Income
Consumption, C • def: Disposable income is total income minus total taxes: Y – T. • Consumption function: C = C(Y – T) Shows that (Y – T) C • def: Marginal propensity to consume (MPC)is the increase in C caused by a one-unit increase in disposable income. CHAPTER 3 National Income
C C(Y –T) The slope of the consumption function is the MPC. MPC 1 Y – T The consumption function CHAPTER 3 National Income
Investment, I • The investment function is I= I(r), where r denotes the real interest rate,the nominal interest rate corrected for inflation. • The real interest rate is • the cost of borrowing • the opportunity cost of using one’s own funds to finance investment spending. So, r I CHAPTER 3 National Income
r Spending on investment goods depends negatively on the real interest rate. I(r) I The investment function CHAPTER 3 National Income
Government spending, G • G = govt spending on goods and services. • Assume government spending and total taxes are exogenous: CHAPTER 3 National Income
The market for goods & services • Aggregate demand: • Aggregate supply: • Equilibrium: • The real interest rate adjusts to equate demand with supply. CHAPTER 3 National Income
The loanable funds market • A simple supply-demand model of the financial system. • One asset: “loanable funds” • demand for funds: investment • supply of funds: saving • “price” of funds: real interest rate CHAPTER 3 National Income
Demand for funds: Investment The demand for loanable funds… • comes from investment:Firms borrow to finance spending on plant & equipment, new office buildings, etc. Consumers borrow to buy new houses. • depends negatively on r, the “price” of loanable funds (cost of borrowing). CHAPTER 3 National Income
r I(r) I Loanable funds demand curve The investment curve is also the demand curve for loanable funds. CHAPTER 3 National Income
Supply of funds: Saving • The supply of loanable funds comes from saving: • Households use their saving to make bank deposits, purchase bonds and other assets. These funds become available to firms to borrow to finance investment spending. • The government may also contribute to saving if it does not spend all the tax revenue it receives. CHAPTER 3 National Income
Types of saving private saving = (Y – T) – C public saving = T – G national saving, S = private saving + public saving = (Y –T ) – C + T – G = Y – C – G CHAPTER 3 National Income
r S, I Loanable funds supply curve National saving does not depend on r, so the supply curve is vertical. CHAPTER 3 National Income
r Equilibrium real interest rate I(r) Equilibrium level of investment S, I Loanable funds market equilibrium CHAPTER 3 National Income
Budget surpluses and deficits • If T > G, budget surplus = (T – G) = public saving. • If T < G, budget deficit = (G – T)and public saving is negative. • If T = G, “balanced budget,” public saving = 0. • The U.S. government finances its deficit by issuing Treasury bonds – i.e., borrowing. CHAPTER 3 National Income
U.S. Federal Government Surplus/Deficit, 1940-2004 CHAPTER 3 National Income
U.S. Federal Government Debt, 1940-2004 Fact: In the early 1990s, about 18 cents of every tax dollar went to pay interest on the debt. (Today it’s about 9 cents.) CHAPTER 3 National Income
The U.S. Budget Deficit: Where is it Headed? CHAPTER 3 National Income