cent of that in Ontario in 1960 to 86 per cent in 1999. He decomposes this change into three sources: productivity …

measurement of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada and the United States. The paper examines all data sources for … series and of cross-country comparability. It also assesses the sensitivity of Canada-U.S. aggregate labour productivity … productivity trends is desirable in addition to the more common practice of focusing on the business sector. Canada has lagged the …

Diamond mining in Canada began in 1998, with the first production from the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories …. Since then the Diavik mine has begun production, and two other mines are slated to begin production within two years. Canada … located in the northern regions of Canada, and hence contribute substantially to the growth of these regions. Diamond …

Both labour and total factor productivity growth in the total and residential construction sectors in Canada have been … negative over the past two decades. This report provides a detailed examination of output, employment, and productivity trends … in the construction sector in Canada and by province, with particular attention to the residential construction sector …

.The report also synthesizes the findings of the studies along two lines: (1) the overall productivity growth trends in Canada and …The present literature review is an attempt to gather and summarize the extent of our knowledge of the productivity … trends and levels in the forest products sector. We consider single factor as well as total factor productivity definitions …

substantial impact on productivity growth in the coal mining industry in Canada. The real price of coal increased sharply in the …The purpose of this report is to uncover the factors behind what has been a very strong productivity performance from … the coal mining industry in Canada over the past four decades. It is found that real price movements have had a …

The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap and to offer an … productivity levels is in contrast to the typical focus on the gap between productivity growth rates in Canada and the United … States. The paper finds that Canada’s level of output per person employed was 81.0 per cent of the U.S. level in 2002. This …

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 …

substantial impact on productivity growth in the gold mining industry in Canada. The real price of gold declined steadily …The purpose of this report is to uncover the factors behind what has been, on average, a strong productivity … productive gold mines. This had the effect of increasing the average productivity of the overall industry. The report also finds …

In recent years, the productivity performance of oil and gas extraction in Canada has been dismal. Based on official … real GDP and labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in oil and gas extraction fell 8.23 per … high productivity level, have resulted in positive contributions to Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 …