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 …

; the decline in Canada's relative international productivity ranking; and the widening of the Canada-US manufacturing …In this chapter, Andrew Sharpe provides a comprehensive non-technical introduction to the productivity issue, including … discussion of productivity concepts, measurement issues, trends and prospects. He begins by noting that productivity is the …

policy makers and the general public, as manifested by the intense debate on Canada's ratification of the Kyoto accord. In … the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler …

In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising … barriers to communication among groups, inhibiting the diffusion of knowledge and lowering the level of productivity in the …

The productivity performance of the construction sector in Canada over the last quarter century has been dismal, with … examines productivity trends in this sector and discusses possible factors behind this situation. He notes that two drivers of … productivity growth, capital per worker and the skills level of the workforce as represented by educational attainment, have …

researchers on productivity issues, trends and developments in Canada and other countries. The Monitor will also serve as a … eight articles on a wide range of productivity topics. There are the new economy and trend productivity growth in Canada …, the renaissance of service sector productivity in the United States, a regional comparison of U.S-Canada standards of …

contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications … for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …

What have we learned about productivity in the past two decades? In this article, Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the … Study of Living Standards reviews a recently published NBER volume entitled New Development in Productivity Analysis, edited … of productivity research. Key recent developments in productivity analysis, as evidenced by the volume, include the …