The issue of sustainability of natural capital and implications for economic growth ranks high in the interests of both … the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler …

In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity …

Quebec’s relative growth performance with Ontario has always been an issue of concern for economic historians. In his … cent of that in Ontario in 1960 to 86 per cent in 1999. He decomposes this change into three sources: productivity …, employment and the demographic structure, and finds that faster growth in output per worker in Quebec was the most important …

poverty. But in dynamic economies most economic growth comes from productivity growth, and few studies have tested the … relationships between productivity growth, poverty and inequality. The present study uses several sources of international data on … available productivity growth plays a substantial role in reducing poverty. This effect is also found to be stronger in …

that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two … new endogenous growth theory that suggests that increases in inequality can hurt growth. …

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 … develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita …

significant margin of error associated with productivity growth rates, even at the aggregate level. Sharpe identifies two … OECD productivity levels toward the US level; the post-1995 acceleration in labour productivity growth in the United States …In this chapter, Andrew Sharpe provides a comprehensive non-technical introduction to the productivity issue, including …

Canada’s productivity performance reflects in large part our innovation record, both in terms of business sector R …

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 … believes that the case for higher productivity would remain compelling. Without powerful analytical guidance, Watson concludes …

conclusions of the paper are twofold. First, a focus on improving Canada’s productivity growth performance, and in particular … third section looks at the relative importance of the determinants of living standards ?productivity, working time …, demographic structures, labour force participation, and the unemployment rate ?in the growth of living standards in Canada and in …