Difference Labor productivity and GDP per capita?

[archived_user]

Hi, I find some of the text on this material confusing:
“Dividing both sides by L in the Cobb-Douglas production function, we can obtain the output per worker (labor productivity).
output per worker = Y/L = T(K/L)α
Labor productivity is similar to GDP per capita, a standard of living measure.
I thought GDP per capita would be Y / L and Labor Productivity was defined as “GDP / aggregate ours of labor in the country”. From the text above Labor productivity is defined as Y/L and there is no other definition of “GDP per capita” mentioned.
Anyone who could help explain this to me?
Thanks a lot for the help!

 

[archived_user]

L is labor force. Y/L measures labor productivity. It can be interpreted as how much output per unit of laborer.
Total population includes L and non-labor population (newborns, kids, grannies, etc), so GDP per capita and labor productivity ratio are not the same.

 

[archived_user]

Note that GDP per capita is GDP / Total Population