on the linkages between open and competitive markets (competitive intensity) and innovation and productivity growth. The … competitive intensity, innovation and productivity. The second section examines relevant empirical work that has been done on the … the international case studies of the effects of open and competitive markets on innovation and productivity. The report …

In this chapter, William Scarth examines the relationship between population aging, productivity and growth in living … standards and reaches a more optimistic conclusion about the effects of aging on productivity. Indeed, he finding that aging may … in fact lead to increases in productivity, even if no policy initiative is taken. He argues that our economy possesses at …

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

(ICT) and productivity in the Canadian economy.The key conclusion of the report is that ICT has been the driving force … behind the acceleration of productivity growth in Canada and the United States since 1996. However, the potential of ICT has … not been fully exploited and we will continue to see significant ICT contributions to productivity growth in coming years …

challenges facing the Canadian economy: slower labour force growth and lackluster labour productivity growth. In fact, we find … find that the potential contribution of Aboriginal Canadians to the annual growth rate of labour productivity in Canada is …

This paper makes the case that productivity is Canada’s economic destiny and that Canada’s dismal productivity … puts forward three specific policies to improve Canada’s productivity performance: foster the diffusion of best …

software gap. About one-third of the gap can be assigned to differences in labour productivity, industry structure, and …