A. the percentage increase in the consumption growth of the poor divided by percentage increase in the consumption growth of the nonpoor
B. the percentage increase in the poor times percentage increase in the nonpoor
C. the percentage increase in the poverty of the poor divided by percentage increase in the poverty of the nonpoor
D. the percentage increase in the poor people in the Urban divided by percentage increase in the nonpoor in the urban
Related Mcqs:
- In food demand growth equation D = Φ + a E, a is the income elasticity of demand for food E is the per capita income growth and Φ is ?
A. Poverty rates
B. food security index
C. change in the quantity of food demanded per capita
D. population growth - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town ?
A. 1.4
B. 0.66
C. 0.75
D. 2.0 - The Harrod Domar growth model suggests that growth is ?
A. directly related to savings and inversely related to the capital/output ratio
B. directly related to the capital/output ratio and inversely related to savings
C. indirectly related to savings and the capital/output ratio
D. directly related to savings and the capital/output ratio - Economics in India Pakistan the Philippines and Mexico argue the foodgrain growth would not have kept up with population growth in the last four decades without ?
I- improved packages of high-yielding seed varieties
II- fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation
III- improved transportation
IV better extension serviceA. I and III only
B. II and III only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II, III and IV - Micheal Roemer’s three-sector model shows that growth in the booming export sector I- reduces the price of foreign exchange II- retards other sectors’ growth by reducing incentives to export other commodities III- reduces incentives to replace domestic goods for imports IV- raises factor and input prices for non-booming sectors ?
A. I and III only
B. II and III only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II , III only IV - Given recent information about growth trends and growth potential of ethnic populations within the U.S market which of the following ethnic groups would be a best bet to double during the next half century and become one of the U.S market’s most viable segments ?
A. Hispanics and Asians
B. African Americans
C. Western Europeans
D. Middle Eastern - The belief that the rate of growth depends upon technological progress facilitated by institutions incentives and government is known as ________ growth theory?
A. endogenous
B. exogenous
C. beta
D. convergence - The neoclassical theory of growth identifier the steady state rate of growth as the ____ just sufficient to keep _____ constant while labor grows?
A. saving, investment
B. capital per person, productivity
C. labor growth, output
D. investment capital per person - The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly assumes the elasticity of demand ?
A. in response to a price increase is less elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease
B. is perfectly elastic if price increases and perfectly inelastic if price decreases
C. is constant regardless of whether price increase of decrease.
D. in response to a price increases is more elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease - The price elasticity of demand is defined as ?
A. the percentage change in the quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in income.
B. the percentage change in income divided by the percentage change in the quantity demanded
C. the percentage change in the quantity demanded of a good divided by the percentage change in the price of that good
D. none of these answers
