Capital-labor and total factor productivity

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Suppose an economy described by the Solow model is in steady state with population growth n of 1.8 percent per year and technological progress g of 1.8 percent per year. total output and total capital grow at 3.6 percent per year. suppose further that the capital share of output is 1/3. if you used the growth accounting equation to divide output growth into three sources- capital, labor, and total factor productivity- how much would you attribute to each source? compare your results to the figures we found for the united states in tables 9-2.

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