Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … trends in Canada and OECD countries. The two papers in the second section examine the impact productivity has on government … inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of …

conclusions of the paper are twofold. First, a focus on improving Canada’s productivity growth performance, and in particular …, eliminating the Canada-US productivity gap, is by far the most important and effective way to attain the objective of Canadian …Canada’s living standards have been falling relative to those in the United States in recent years. The Chairman and …

productivity are essential. According to official estimates of productivity produced by Statistics Canada, labour productivity in … year between 1994 and 2003. Estimates of productivity produced by the CSLS, based on official Statistics Canada employment … and real GDP figures, show that labour productivity in the health care and social assistance industry declined by 0.69 per …

factor productivity growth rates and levels in Canada, the United States and Finland over the 1975-99 period. The sixth …The objectives of this study are to provide a comprehensive overview of the productivity situation in the forest … products sector at the national and provincial level in Canada, to compare this situation to that in other countries with …

sector. Service sector labour productivity growth has also shown a marked acceleration in both Canada and the United States … countries. In Canada, increased multifactor productivity growth was responsible for 70 per cent of the labour productivity … were the most important contributors to the service sector labour productivity growth acceleration. In Canada, the …

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

measurement of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada and the United States. The paper examines all data sources for … series and of cross-country comparability. It also assesses the sensitivity of Canada-U.S. aggregate labour productivity … productivity trends is desirable in addition to the more common practice of focusing on the business sector. Canada has lagged the …

Diamond mining in Canada began in 1998, with the first production from the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories …. Since then the Diavik mine has begun production, and two other mines are slated to begin production within two years. Canada … located in the northern regions of Canada, and hence contribute substantially to the growth of these regions. Diamond …

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 … in the construction sector in Canada and by province, with particular attention to the residential construction sector …

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