Question

Make way for India - the next China China grows at around 9 percent a year, but its one-child policy will start to reduce the size of China's working-age population within the next 10 years. India, by contrast, will have an increasing working-age population for another generation at least. Then answer the following questions: According to classical growth theory, restricting China's population ______ economic growth. According to new growth theory, restricting China's population growth ______ economic growth.

Answer 1

The answer is "India and increases".

Step-by-step explanation:

Since its working-age population is rising, India will have a higher economic growth rate, and according to traditional thinking, restricting China's people would boost economic growth.

• The modernization theory includes reducing population growth in China would reduce economic growth.
• In India, real GDP per person has a growth of 8-1.6 = 6.4% as well as that of China is 9-0.6 = 8.4% in 2005.
• In India, the doubling time is 70/6.4% = 11 years or 2016 and in China, 8.33 or 2014.