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 …

This report examines human resource and skills issues pertaining to the Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway and Trade … presents strategies being implemented by companies and industry associations to address human resource and skills challenges …

earnings, as well as skills acquisition that affects future returns from working and the uncertainty surrounding these future …

This report presents new estimates of the levels and growth rates of labour, capital and multifactor productivity for … industry levels. Also, estimates of the sources of labour productivity growth (capital intensity, labour quality, and … multifactor productivity) are presented. Furthermore, this report examines the labour productivity gap between the provinces and …