Question 11 We have discussed two ways to study the growth of living standards i

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Question 11 We have discussed two ways to study the growth of living standards in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): using average income (PPP GDP per capita); and using ownership of material possessions (such as bikes or radios). How do these two measures compare? a. Both average income and ownership of possessions are shrinking over the last fifty years fifty years. held constant. possessions has grown rapidly. Question 12 What is a major drawback of natural experiments, as compared to RCTs? b. Both average income and ownership of possessions are stagnant (no growth) over the last c. Average income is shrinking over the last twenty years while ownership of possessions has d. Average income has been the world's slowest over the last twenty years while ownership of a. They are much more costly than are RCTs. b. They are less likely to have external validity than RCTs. c. Internal validity is more difficult to establish with a natural experiment than with RCTs. d·They are less useful for hypotheses concerning firms or entire countries than are RCTs.

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d. Average income has been the worlds slowest over the last twenty years while ownership of possessions has grown rapidly.

In Sub Saharan African countries the average income has increased slowly as compared to the developed countries as well as Asian countries. The region still has lowest income per capita in the world. But due to expansion of economic activities and reforms ownership of possessions has grown rapidly.

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C. Internal validity is more difficult to establish with a natural experiment than with RCTs.

With natural experiment internal validity is difficult to establish because the treatment and control groups may not be comparable at baseline.

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