Answer to Question #235149 in Macroeconomics for Ada

Question

Which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the reasons why we continue to (2) study the Malthusian trap, even though evidence shows that it is not currently

relevant?

(a) Because many people still believe it holds in poor countries today, and the

model should be understood to motivate effective debate.

(b) Because the model focuses on the microeconomics of family size decision making in which individual levels of living become the principal determinant of a family’s decision to have more or fewer children. 

(c) Because such traps have occurred in the past and may have been factors in population collapses.

(d) The fact that this model no longer applies underlines the importance of factors that can prevent its emergence. 

Answer 1

(b) Because the model focuses on the microeconomics of family size decision making in which individual levels of living become the principal determinant of a family’s decision to have more or fewer children.