running from social conditions and factors to productivity growth. <p> The objective of the second issue of the Review of …

Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark … total population. Labour productivity is determined by within-industry productivity growth rates and inter-sectoral shifts …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the …

The Canadian service sector has performed well in recent years in terms of labour and multifactor productivity growth … sector. Service sector labour productivity growth has also shown a marked acceleration in both Canada and the United States … Canadian success story. The sources of the acceleration in service sector labour productivity growth were different in the two …

Quebec’s relative growth performance with Ontario has always been an issue of concern for economic historians. In his …, employment and the demographic structure, and finds that faster growth in output per worker in Quebec was the most important … Ontario, up from 83 per cent in 1954. Faster growth in the working age population accounted for 35 per cent of the decline in …