Eco202 Week 2 Research Paper

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Eco202: Assignment 1 Estimated Due date: Oct. 9, 2012 by 5 p.m. Problems and Applications Ch2: #3, 4, 7, 9bor Additional question: Go to link http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hong_kong_statistics/statistics_by_subject/index.jsp?subjectID=2&charsetID=1&displayMode=T Use the data from link above to calculate (if the variable has been given, show the steps how to calculate it) * the labor force * the number of people not in the labor force * the labor force participation rate * the unemployment rate Labor Force=Employed persons + Underemployed persons + Unemployed persons In 5/2012 - 7/2012, Labor Force = 3,675,700+128,500=3,804,200(people) In 6/2012 - 8/2012, Labor Force = 3,671,300+131,600=3,803,000(people)…show more content…
Suppose a woman marries her butler. After they are married, her husband continues to wait on her as before, and she continues to support him as before (but as a husband rather than as an employee). How does the marriage affect GDP? How should it affect GDP? Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. Before their marriage, a butler was provided service to woman for earning wages which was service rendering. Although the woman continues to support him as before after its marriage, the money received by a butler doesn’t contain any current production and it is only a gift from wife to husband. Thus, the GDP will be reduced after marriage as the butler doesn’t produce anything for earing the money. In the GDP calculation, GDP = C + I + G + Ex – Ix. In this case, the woman pay to butler is private consumption, which is the final purchase of goods and services by individuals constitutes consumption, before the marriage. After the marriage, the money paid by woman to butler is only a gift. It should be excluded in GDP calculation. Thus, as the C decrease, the GDP will fall, holding other variables

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