on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector …. A number of possible factors contributing to the Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap are examined … Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap, namely less innovative effort, particularly in high-tech industries …

(ICT) and productivity in the Canadian economy.The key conclusion of the report is that ICT has been the driving force … behind the acceleration of productivity growth in Canada and the United States since 1996. However, the potential of ICT has … not been fully exploited and we will continue to see significant ICT contributions to productivity growth in coming years …

Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour productivity growth in manufacturing in the United States has …-US labour productivity gap. The authors find that the growth in the gap largely reflects the acceleration of productivity growth … weaker productivity growth. It is estimated that these two factors themselves account for 70 per cent of the widening of the …

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 …

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 …

The most direct mechanism by which labour productivity affects living standards is through real wages, that is, wages … labour productivity rose 37 per cent. This article analyzes the reasons for this situation. It identifies four factors of …

THIS 17TH ISSUE OF THE International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles. Topics covered are the effect of labour market regulation on productivity in OECD countries; the … relationship between the growth in labour productivity and real wages in Canada; the importance of higher education and market …