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 … reference to measurement issues and technical change; discusses the micro- and macro-economic environment affecting productivity …

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

The purpose of this report is to shed light on the dynamics and determinants of productivity growth in nine selected … importance of productivity growth is reviewed, and observations are made on the contribution of natural resource industries to … aggregate productivity growth; brief summaries on productivity and its determinants are presented for each of the nine …

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 ….The report also synthesizes the findings of the studies along two lines: (1) the overall productivity growth trends in Canada and …

The purpose of this report is to uncover the factors behind what has been a very strong productivity performance from … substantial impact on productivity growth in the coal mining industry in Canada. The real price of coal increased sharply in the … the average productivity of the overall industry. However, since the 1970s, the real price of coal has fallen steadily …

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 …

The purpose of this report is to uncover the factors behind what has been, on average, a strong productivity … substantial impact on productivity growth in the gold mining industry in Canada. The real price of gold declined steadily … 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 … cent per year between the 2000 cyclical peak and 2007, with capital productivity down 5.97 per cent per year over the same …

The forest products sector in Canada has faced hard times since 2000. In terms of productivity growth, the sector as a … whole has performed poorly relative to the total-economy average. Labour productivity in the sector grew by 0.38 per cent …-par performance is entirely attributable to the paper manufacturing subsector, where labour productivity has collapsed since 2000. The …

In recent years, the productivity performance of mining in Canada has been very poor. Based on official real GDP and … labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in mining fell by 2.21 per cent per year between the 2000 … cyclical peak and 2007, with capital productivity down 0.28 per cent per year and total factor productivity (TFP) off 1.07 per …