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AGEC 390

Homework Set #3

1.     Given the data contained in the Homework #3 supplement for Question 1 (the tab on the bottom of the Excel spreadsheet), answer the following questions.

(a) Calculate the national growth component (in jobs) expected for the Healthcare industry in Weakley County for 2007.  (10 points)

(b) Calculate the industrial mix component (in %) expected for the Healthcare industry in Weakley County.  (5 points)

(c) Calculate the competitive share component (in %) expected for the Healthcare industry in Weakley County.  (5 points)

(d) From the metrics you calculated above, is the Healthcare industry in Weakley County growing faster or slower than the national average?  Provide support for your answer. (5 points)

2.   Given the data contained in the Homework #3 supplement for Question 2 (the tab on the bottom of the Excel spreadsheet), answer the following questions.

(a) Calculate the Location Quotient (LQ) for the Retail Trade industry by using Weakley County as the local employment sector (the numerator in the LQ formula) and the entire four county region’s Retail Trade industry as the denominator in the LQ formula. As a hint I have highlighted the total employed workforce in Yellow and the number of workers employed in the Retail Trade industry for each county in Orange.  (20 Points)

(b) Using the decision rules discussed in the lectures about interpreting the value of LQ, would you conclude that Weakley County is self sufficient, importing or exporting goods developed from the Retail Trade industry?  Why? (5 Points)

3.     Given the data below from an Input/Output (I/O) analysis, answer the following questions.

Data from Input/Output (IO) Analysis

Total

Output

Direct

Change

Income

Industry

Factor

Coefficient

Agriculture

$1.22

0.65

Manufacturing

$0.43

0.56

Trade

$0.35

0.33

Services

$0.67

0.84

Healthcare

$0.12

0.18

(a) Calculate the income multiplier for Agriculture. (20 Points)

(b) Interpret the Income Multiplier for Agriculture by explaining what it means.  (5 Points)

4.  Discuss the role of Agriculture in the larger macro economy. Make sure to discuss both the contributions and societal costs. (25 Points)

 

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Create a 10 page essay paper that discusses The Economics of Marriage and Divorce.

Going further, the paper shall discuss how economics affects decision making during the married period or the period leading to a divorce.

The table above shows the trends in marriage and divorce rates in the US per 1000 people. It clearly shows that marriage rates have gone up and down cyclically while the divorce rates have shown a steady increase.

Data in the 60’s show that while divorce rate was 2.5 per thousand, in the 80’s it shot up to 5.2 per 1000. (Friedberg Leora & Stern Steven, 2003) This has now come down and in 2005 it showed 3.6 divorces per thousand people. Data also reveals that in 1880, 75% of married people stayed together with their children which reduced to 41% in 2005. ( Wolfers Justin & Stevenson Betsey, 2007)1 However, the graph does not provide an accurate analysis of the current marriage rate since there has been a significant percentage of live-in relationships that have increased over the past decade.

Marriages, unlike live-in relationships, have a contractual obligation that is rendered to the husband and wife by the state or by the priest who is presiding over the occasion. While some marriage functions have limited obligations that are spelled out by the priest, there are others that might require the couple to state what would be their conduct towards each other. Just like a contract, other terms would include how the money would be inherited to either couple in the event of a death or divorce and how much financial support would be provided if there is a child involved. (Dnes Antony & Rowthorn Robert, 2002) Just like in economics, where money plays an important role in making decisions, there are traditions in the Hindu culture of India that promote taking of dowry or the wealth that the bride would bring along when she would be legally wedded to the husband.

 

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Hi Zipnek, sorry for my late response as I do not know how to assign the question to you when you sent me the comment earlier. I have sent the questions again. Thanks.

“Provide a detailed analysis on the impact of the current Oil Price Volatlity on the world financial markets mainly in Europe , USA, Asia and Australia and provide specifically answers to the following questions:

1. How Oil Price Volatility might affect equity world Equity Markets mainly in Europe, Asia, Australia and USA

2. How the depreciation of Russian currency may affect world economic stability.

3. Propose alternative hedging solutions for Equity Investment in the current Chronical Oil Price Volalility.

4. Do you thing that a new global financial crisis is forthcoming due to the current oil price volatility?

5. How the current situation may affect the recovery of Greece in the Euro zone”

 

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Discussion Question: Your task this week is to find one or more case studies that illustrates a personal example of the social problem you will be investigating for your Applied Research Project. Case studies, used in a clinical sense, are an in depth method for collecting data on one individual in a particular population.  For this assignment, you should search the Internet for personal stories related to your topic of interest. This task might require some searching, but the Internet is full of personal stories.  (Let me know if you have any trouble finding something.) Feel free to use news stories, personal blogs, or any other site that gives an insider’s perspective to your population of interest. You may also use YouTube as a source for case studies.  For example, if you choose breastfeeding mothers, you could use this site as a case study:  http:// If you have a personal connection to someone in your population of interest and would like to use their specific experiences as your case study, you are more than welcome to do so.  You can choose several shorter case studies or one longer case study for your post.   

It’s important that you find a case study that is actually a first person narrative, not an analytical article talking about your population of interest.

In your post:

  • First, give the link and summarize the case study in a paragraph. (Please do not copy and paste the case study into your post.)
  • Second, based on the personal story, think through some of the policy implications for this particular situation. For example, in the case of breastfeeding mothers how could health care policy provide better supports? What about employment policies? (Don’t worry about what the specific policies have to say about this point. Just brainstorm based on your case study.)

The purpose of this post is to give you a real world application for your Applied Final Project.

When writing your posts, it is very important that you focus not just on summary but also on analysis. These posts are how I determine your mastery of the material and your critical thinking. Remember:

  • Make sure you start your initial post as a New Thread in the LEO Discussion board, or I might not find it when I grade.
  • Your first paragraph needs to be an introduction to your post.
  • Your final paragraph should be a conclusion which pulls your ideas together.  
  • Your middle paragraphs should discuss your arguments.  
  • All posts need to be written in APA style and cite resources. You are encouraged to draw on resources from your courses across your entire major. There is not a lot of new information learned in this course, as I want to see you bringing together all of what you have learned at UMUC.
  • Please check your post against the Guide for Good Writing before you submit it, as points will be deducted if you make those common writing errors. (This document is located in the Writing Resources module.)

Please respond to at least 2 of your classmates’ answers by providing them with comments, feedback and asking them compelling questions about their postings.  (You are in no way limited to two response posts. The more engaged you can be on the discussion boards, the better.) To receive credit for your response posts, they should be at least one paragraph in length. Referencing empirical sources is strongly encouraged in your response posts as well as your initial post.

 

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