drivers of labour productivity in selected OECD countries and their impact on enhanced productivity performance. The report is … divided into three major parts. The first part will provide a general review of international labour productivity and income … growth rates and levels in OECD countries. The second section presents some general lessons from the productivity performance …

be likely to contribute to productivity growth in British Columbia: the underutilization of the skills of recent …

concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … causal impact on productivity, as well as a more nuanced approach to policy in this area. In this chapter, Arthur Sweetman … the impact of education on earnings at the individual level and on productivity at the macroeconomic level, and on issues …

the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler …

In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However … ironically undermined the effectiveness and productivity of the public and voluntary sectors. She illustrates the perverse …

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

In this chapter, Graves and Jenkins explore the attitudes of Canadians to productivity. The distinction between our … Graves and Jenkins data is relatively aware of the terms of the productivity debate. Canadians appear to have a broadly … optimistic view of the economy, but give the country only a lukewarm overall rating of its productivity. Moreover, although …

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

Investment is one of the main drivers of productivity growth, which is the key determinant of living standards in the … labour productivity, as was the case in the last 25 years. Weak labour productivity growth in BC would in turn translate into …