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 …

The objective of this report is to evaluate the impact of the oil and gas industry on labour productivity growth in … Canada since 2000 through an exploration of the various channels, both direct and indirect, by which the oil and gas sector … affects aggregate productivity. The report sheds light on the paradoxical lack of a direct negative contribution of the oil …

. Economists believe that such policies should foster productivity growth. Since 2000, however, productivity growth in Canada has …In recent decades, governments in Canada have pursued market-oriented policies at both the macro and micro levels … been dismal, much below that in the United States and below Canada’s historical trend. The objective of this report is to …

In recent years, the productivity performance of oil and gas extraction in Canada has been dismal. Based on official … real GDP and labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in oil and gas extraction fell 8.23 per … high productivity level, have resulted in positive contributions to Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 …

The forest products sector in Canada has faced hard times since 2000. In terms of productivity growth, the sector as a … whole has performed poorly relative to the total-economy average. Labour productivity in the sector grew by 0.38 per cent …-par performance is entirely attributable to the paper manufacturing subsector, where labour productivity has collapsed since 2000. The …

In recent years, the productivity performance of mining in Canada has been very poor. Based on official real GDP and … labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in mining fell by 2.21 per cent per year between the 2000 … Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 to 2006 and an offsetting effect on the post-2000 aggregate labour …

This report aims to accomplish three objectives: provide an assessment of Canada’s productivity performance; provide a … Institute; and develop a framework for unbundling slow productivity growth in Canada and the widening productivity gap with the … synthesis of the productivity studies conducted by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) and the McKinsey Global …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … trends in Canada and OECD countries. The two papers in the second section examine the impact productivity has on government … inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of …

sector. Service sector labour productivity growth has also shown a marked acceleration in both Canada and the United States … countries. In Canada, increased multifactor productivity growth was responsible for 70 per cent of the labour productivity … were the most important contributors to the service sector labour productivity growth acceleration. In Canada, the …

Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark … develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita … into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour productivity. Labour supply is in turn determined by the hours worked per …