Le present article examine deux aspects de la croissance de la productivite dans le secteur canadien de la radiotelevision et des telecommunications. Tout d'abord, la mesure dans laquelle la croissance de la PMF agregee dans ce secteur est attribuable aux economies d'echelle plutot qu'aux...

This paper examines two aspects of productivity growth in Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications industry. The first is the extent to which aggregate MFP growth in the sector came from scale economies as opposed to technical progress. The second is the extent to which aggregate labour...

Le present document montre comment l'architecture statistique du Systeme de comptabilite nationale du Canada peut etre utilisee pour etudier l'importance et la composition d'un secteur economique particulier. A titre d'illustration, l'analyse est axee sur le secteur des technologies de...

The high-tech sector was a major driving force behind the Canadian economic recovery of the late 1990s. It is well known that the tide began to turn quite suddenly in 2001 when sector-wide employment and earnings halted this upward trend, despite continued gains in the rest of the economy. As...

This paper illustrates how the statistical architecture of Canada's System of National Accounts can be utilized to study the size and composition of a specific economic sector. For illustrative purposes, the analysis focuses on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, and...

Le secteur de la technologie de pointe a ete l'une des principales sources de la reprise economique au Canada a la fin des annees 1990. Il est bien connu que le vent a tourne soudainement en 2001, lorsque la tendance ascendante de l'emploi et des gains dans ce secteur s'est brusquement...

Le present document suit la croissance et le declin des industries des technologies de l'information et des communications (TIC), qui ont ete a la base de la prosperite de ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler la nouvelle economie, a la fin des annees 90, et de la debacle subsequente qui s'est produite...

This study examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) and of foreign outsourcing on the demand for skilled workers. One of the defining features of the Canadian economy in the last two decades has been an increasing wage gap between more- and less-skilled workers....

This paper tracks the growth and decline of information and communications technology (ICT) industries that were synonymous with the so-called new economy boom of the late-1990s and its subsequent bust period in the early 2000s. The analysis focuses on the question of whether the ICT bust has...

The growth in micro-technologies and their widespread diffusion across economic sectors have given rise to what is often described as a New Economy - an economy in which competitive prospects are closely aligned with the firm's innovation and technology practices, and its use of skilled workers....