This report, based on the CSLS Provincial Productivity Database, provides a portrait of the productivity performance of … productivity are presented and discussed, with an emphasis on the provinces’ market sector. Two-digit NAICS industry level … framework is used to determine the sources of labour productivity growth, as well as the sources of labour productivity level …

Canada's labour productivity performance has been abysmal since 2000, both relative to our historical experience and to … productivity growth. However, the evidence does not support this hypothesis. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that illness and … work. Canada's potential level of "social productivity" is lower because of this situation. This is an output shortfall …

that the very low unemployment in Europe in the 1960s was due to the high productivity growth associated with technological … catch-up. Productivity also played a role in the dynamics of hours but a full explanation for the fast rise of service …

-run productivity growth rates using elements of the FOCUS macroeconometric model to conduct simulations on a 'base-case' projection of … points out changes in productivity growth rates can occur for a variety of reasons and can have many different possible …

(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 …

third section looks at the relative importance of the determinants of living standards ?productivity, working time … conclusions of the paper are twofold. First, a focus on improving Canada’s productivity growth performance, and in particular …, eliminating the Canada-US productivity gap, is by far the most important and effective way to attain the objective of Canadian …