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Baldwin, John R. - 2015

This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …

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Productivity Trends of Unincorporated Enterprises in the Canadian Economy, 1987 to 2005

Baldwin, John R. - 2010

This study uses new GDP estimates for the unincorporated sector in order to examine labour productivity in the unincorporated sector and to compare it to that in the corporate sector over the period 1987 to 2005. The level of nominal GDP per hour worked is significantly lower for unincorporated...

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Firm Turnover and Productivity Growth in Selected Canadian Services Industries, 2000 to 2007

Baldwin, John R. - 2011

The nature of the competitive process that causes a reallocation of market shares within an industry contributes to aggregate productivity growth. This paper extends our understanding of industry differences in the competitive process by examining firm turnover and productivity growth in various...

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Labour Productivity of Unincorporated Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships : Impact on the Canada-United States Productivity Gap

Baldwin, John R. - 2011

This paper asks how the performance of self-employed unincorporated businesses affects the size of the gap in labour productivity between Canada and the United States. To do so, the business sector in each country is divided into unincorporated and corporate businesses, and estimates of labour...

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Intangible Capital and Productivity Growth in Canada

Baldwin, John R. - 2012

This paper develops a measure of intangible capital and examines the contribution of intangibles to labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector. It applies the methodology developed by Corrado et al. (2005, 2009) for the United States. The paper finds that investment in...

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Investment in Intangible Assets in Canada : R&D, Innovation, Brand, and Mining, Oil and Gas Exploration Expenditures

Baldwin, John R. - 2015

This paper presents estimates of intangible investment in Canada for the purpose of innovation, advertising and … contributes to the existing literature by creating intangible investment estimates (science and engineering knowledge, advertising …

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The Productivity Differential between the Canadian and U.S. Manufacturing Sectors : A Perspective Drawn from the Early 20th Century

Baldwin, John R. - 2009

Many historical comparisons of international productivity use measures of labour productivity (output per worker). Differences in labour productivity can be caused by differences in technical efficiency or differences in capital intensity. Moving to measures of total factor productivity allows...

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Relative Multifactor Productivity Levels in Canada and the United States : A Sectoral Analysis

Baldwin, John R. - 2009

This paper has three main objectives. First, it examines the level of multifactor productivity (MFP) in Canada relative to that of the United States for the 1994-to-2003 period. Second, it examines the relative importance of differences in capital intensity and MFP in accounting for the labour...

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Capital Intensity in Canada and the United States, 1987 to 2003

Baldwin, John R. - 2009

Official data from statistical agencies are not always ideal for cross-country comparisons because of differences in data sources and methodology. Analysts who engage in cross-country comparisons need to carefully choose among alternatives and sometimes adapt data especially for their purposes....

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Productivity : What is It? How is it Measured? What has Canada's Performance Been?

Baldwin, John R. - 2009

This paper was prepared for the National Statistics Council, which advises the chief statistician of Canada on the full range of Statistics Canada's activities, particularly on overall program priorities

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154245

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