total factor productivity (TFP) in the Quebec manufacturing sector during the 1985-88 period. Our results show that … productivity growth, while the presence of mandatory prevention programs and of fines for infractions to OSH rules have led to an … increase in productivity growth. Interestingly, this is, to our knowledge, the first result showing that OSH regulation may …

This paper measures factor productivities (and hence total factor productivity growth) directly on the basis of the …

subjects that are less productivity-enhancing. Nous estimons dans cet article les rendements de la formation parrainée par l …

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … conditional mean of labor productivity: through an observed binary indicator, an observed intensity variable or through the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

We consider the response to incentives as an explanation for productivity differences within a firm that paid its … workers piece rates. We provide a framework within which observed productivity differences can be decomposed into two parts … incentives than did the men, the average difference is not statistically significant. The productivity differential that men …

In this report, we estimate returns to training (in terms of wages and productivity) using data from the Workplace and … training on wages is fairly constant across all age groups, we find that the returns to classroom training on productivity … age might be because firms first train workers for which productivity gains will be the highest. Nous estimons dans cette …

This paper addresses the paradox between an increasing share of employment and a lower productivity growth of Canadian …

We propose a new measure of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in a general equilibrium setting.It measures by how …

We examine the effects of different sequences of work and rest on the daily productivity of workers who planted trees … in the province of British Columbia, Canada, comparing the intertemporal productivity profiles of planters who were paid … are paid fixed wages, but that the productivity of piece-rate planters falls with the number of consecutive days worked …