This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is … based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment … underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States. …

suggests that the link between public debt and productivity is part of the answer to the puzzle. The paper considers Jamaicaâ …

This paper explores the impact of high public debt on long-run economic growth. The analysis, based on a panel of … components of growth suggests that the adverse effect largely reflects a slowdown in labor productivity growth mainly due to …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between trade and total factor productivity (TFP) in South Africa. It …

provides evidence of a significant and negative relationship between total public debt and productivity growth. Looking at the … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …

This paper emphasizes the importance of total factor productivity (TFP) developments in the nontradables sector to …

services) for a panel of 168 countries over the period 1970-2010. The analysis points to large differences in sector shares …