Skills, innovation and human capital as they feature prominently on the policy agenda of industrialized countries … concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … achieved through a better understanding of the relationship between the skills developed through formal education and their …

In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity …

In this chapter, Andrew Sharpe provides a comprehensive non-technical introduction to the productivity issue, including … discussion of productivity concepts, measurement issues, trends and prospects. He begins by noting that productivity is the … production. The measurement of productivity is fraught with conceptual and empirical issues, meaning that there can be a …

The skills issue is currently at or near the top of the federal government’s policy agenda, given its importance for … assessment of Canada’s record in education and skills is quite positive. He finds that relative to other OECD countries, Canada … with non-university, post-secondary education in the OECD; and that the country’s literacy skills, particularly for the …

the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler …

In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However … ironically undermined the effectiveness and productivity of the public and voluntary sectors. She illustrates the perverse …

In this chapter, Graves and Jenkins explore the attitudes of Canadians to productivity. The distinction between our … Graves and Jenkins data is relatively aware of the terms of the productivity debate. Canadians appear to have a broadly … optimistic view of the economy, but give the country only a lukewarm overall rating of its productivity. Moreover, although …

cent of that in Ontario in 1960 to 86 per cent in 1999. He decomposes this change into three sources: productivity …

that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …