growth model with macroeconomic variables observed in the data. The paper finds that total factor productivity and the … consumptionleisure trade-off the productivity and labor factors are key to understanding the changes in output, labor supply and labor … productivity observed in the Canadian economy. The paper performs a decomposition of the labor factor for Canada and the United …

hour and total factor productivity. Using a "flat spot" identification strategy, we separately estimate the price and …

, such as cross-sectional differences in households' labor supply and productivity. We conclude that the labor wedge measured …

cutting labor productivity growth in the aggregate. The interaction between weak demand and low productivity leads to …

the implications of digitalisation for measurement, productivity, labour markets and inflation, as well as more recent …, aggregate productivity growth has decreased in most advanced economies since the 1970s. However, it is likely that without the … spread of digital technologies the productivity slowdown would have been even more pronounced, and the recent acceleration in …

productivity growth in Canada. Results suggest that the impact of a positive relative price shock will - in the adjustment process … - lower productivity growth in the primary and the non-tradable sectors, and increase it somewhat in the manufacturing sector …. The overall impact appears to be slightly negative on aggregate labour productivity growth, but this effect is only …