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Relative Multifactor Productivity Levels in Canada and the United States : A Sectoral Analysis
Baldwin, John R. - 2009
the goods, services and engineering sectors to the overall MFP gap.Our main findings are as follows. First, the overall … productivity in the services sector is much lower in Canada. The lower levels of labour productivity and MFP in the Canadian … services sector account for most of the overall productivity level difference between the two countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154079
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Labour Productivity Differences between Domestic and Foreign-Controlled Establishments in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector
Baldwin, John R.; Dhaliwal, Naginder - 2001
-controlled establishments in the manufacturing sector for the period 1973 to 1993. In doing so, it also examines the extent to which labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155334
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Relative multifactor productivity levels in Canada and the United States : a sectoral analysis
Baldwin, John R. (contributor); Gu, Wulong (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740809
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Firm turnover and productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing and services industries : 2000 to 2007
Baldwin, John R.; Lafrance, Amélie - In: Journal of industry, competition and trade 14 (2014) 2, pp. 173-205
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Firm turnover and productivity growth in selected Canadian services industries, 2000 to 2007
Baldwin, John R.; Lafrance, Amélie - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427946
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Export Growth, Capacity Utilization and Productivity Growth : Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Plants
Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong; Yan, Beiling - 2012
occurred in the manufacturing sector. This paper examines how this slowdown was associated with the restructuring that occurred … in manufacturing as a result of the increase in excess capacity, the dramatic increase in the Canada – U.S. exchange rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172482
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Interprovincial Differences in GDP Per Capita, Labour Productivity and Work Intensity : 1990-2003
Baldwin, John R.; Brown, W. Mark; Maynard, Jean-Pierre - 2009
This paper compares output per person across Canadian provinces — using nominal or current dollar GDP per capita as the metric over the period 1990 to 2003. Differences in GDP per capita can be attributed to differences in the underlying efficiency of provincial economies. This is measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206769
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Labour Productivity of Unincorporated Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships : Impact on the Canada-United States Productivity Gap
Baldwin, John R. - 2011
This paper asks how the performance of self-employed unincorporated businesses affects the size of the gap in labour productivity between Canada and the United States. To do so, the business sector in each country is divided into unincorporated and corporate businesses, and estimates of labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121016
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Intangible Capital and Productivity Growth in Canada
Baldwin, John R. - 2012
This paper develops a measure of intangible capital and examines the contribution of intangibles to labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector. It applies the methodology developed by Corrado et al. (2005, 2009) for the United States. The paper finds that investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104528
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Long-Term Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States
Baldwin, John R. - 2009
This paper compares long-run growth in labour productivity in Canada and the United States from 1961 to 2006. Over the entire period labour productivity in both countries grew at about the same rate. But Canadian growth exceeded that of the United States up to the early 1980s. Since then, U.S....
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