This paper uses plant-level data on productivity growth and changes in market share over different periods during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s to investigate whether plants with declining market shares obtain productivity spillovers from more successful producers and whether the impact of...

Nous utilisons des donnees au niveau de l'etablissement sur la croissance de la productivite et sur la variation des parts de marche au cours de differentes periodes reparties a l'interieur des annees 1970, 1980 et 1990 afin de determiner si les etablissements dont la part de marche diminue...

Dans ce document, on decrit la facon dont le programme analytique du groupe de la productivite de Statistique Canada est utilise pour ameliorer la qualite des produits. On y etudie, entre autres, la pertinence, la coherence et la possibilite d'interpreter les donnees.

Le present document montre comment l'architecture statistique du Systeme de comptabilite nationale du Canada peut etre utilisee pour etudier l'importance et la composition d'un secteur economique particulier. A titre d'illustration, l'analyse est axee sur le secteur des technologies de...

This paper illustrates how the statistical architecture of Canada's System of National Accounts can be utilized to study the size and composition of a specific economic sector. For illustrative purposes, the analysis focuses on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, and...

Le present document souligne l'importante baisse progressive du passif financier net du Canada a l'endroit des non-residents observee au cours des 15 dernieres annees. Il comprend des totalisations portant sur les changements dans le bilan des investissements internationaux du Canada et les flux...

This paper highlights the large progressive decline in Canada's net financial liabilities to non-residents that has occurred over the last fifteen years. It reports tabulations on changes in Canada's international investment position and the associated cross-border income flows, and evaluates...

Productivity statistics garner much attention because they are key indicators of economic progress. This paper reports on the average growth in provincial labour productivity from 1997 to 2005. It examines how medium-term differences in productivity growth have affected the relative levels of...

This paper describes how the analytical program of Statistics Canada's productivity group is used to enhance the quality (relevance, coherence, interpretability) of its products.

This paper compares the productivity growth of a set of Canadian and U.S. regulated industries. Using data from Statistics Canada's KLEMS database and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the paper examines productivity growth in transportation services (which includes air and rail),...