productivity slowdown. Since productivity growth is recognized as being by far the most important long-term source of sustainable … developments raise a number of issues related to the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being. First, does slower … productivity growth constitute a significant threat to the betterment of the well-being of the world's population, and, if so, by …

Skills, innovation and human capital as they feature prominently on the policy agenda of industrialized countries … concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … achieved through a better understanding of the relationship between the skills developed through formal education and their …

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 … contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications …

In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity …

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 … production. The measurement of productivity is fraught with conceptual and empirical issues, meaning that there can be a …

The skills issue is currently at or near the top of the federal government’s policy agenda, given its importance for … assessment of Canada’s record in education and skills is quite positive. He finds that relative to other OECD countries, Canada … with non-university, post-secondary education in the OECD; and that the country’s literacy skills, particularly for the …