industry-specific purchasing power parities based on producer output data instead of final expenditure information. A key … productivity level comparisons are much more complex, requiring comparable industry data and estimates of purchasing power at a … detailed industry level. The International Comparisons of Output and Productivity (ICOP) project established at the University …

This article by Raynauld Letourneau and Martine Lajoie of Industry Canada provides a detailed regional analysis of … most recent data currently available. They find that all regions and provinces of Canada trail the U.S. average in both …