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Ch. 12-Production & Growth
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
11/02/2015

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Productivity
Definition
The quantity of goods & services produced from each unit of labor input.
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Physical Capital
Definition
The stock of equipment and structures that are used to produce goods & services.
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Human Capital
Definition
The knowledge & skills that workers acquire through education, training, & experience.
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Natural Resources
Definition
The inputs into the production of goods & services that an economy achieves in the long run when unemployment is at its normal rate.
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Technological Knowledge
Definition
Society's understanding of the best ways to produce goods & services.
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Diminishing Returns
Definition
The property whereby the benefit from an extra unit of an input declines as the quantity of the input increases.
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Catch-up Effect
Definition
The property whereby countries that start off poor tend to grow more rapidly than countries that start off rich.
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