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4. For this problem, you will need information on the total land area of countries, the % of land area that is arable, and the labor force (employed + unemployed, a measure of how many people are active in a labor market in a country). The World Bank compiles data on each economic variable below: Arable land: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.ARBL.ZS Total land area: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.K2 Labor force: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.TOTL.IN We will focus on two countries: India and Ukraine. a. Compute the ratio of labor (labor force) to arable land (in square kilometers) in India and Ukraine. Which country is land-abundant? Which country is labor-abundant? Please use data from the year 2015. (8 points) b. Suppose there are two products: wheat and textiles. Wheat is land-intensive and textiles are labor-intensive. According to the Heckscher-Ohlin theory of trade, which country would export textiles? Which country would export wheat? (6 points) c. Examine the exports of each country using the following data compiled by MIT: India: https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/ind/ Ukraine: https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/ukr/ Do the exports of each country generally match the predictions of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory of trade? Hint: You may want to toggle HS2 under “depth” on the export diagram to get a better idea of the categories of products the countries export. (8 points)