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Recent Productivity Developments in Canada and the United States: Productivity Growth Deceleration versus Acceleration

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 8 (2004) Spring, pp. 16-26

Since 2000, productivity growth in Canada and the United States have followed markedly different paths. In the second article, Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards finds that the remarkable productivity growth experienced in the United States in the past two years is...

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The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing

Bernstein, Jeffrey I.; Harris, Richard G.; Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 3-22

to that of investment goods in the United States than in Canada. This was due to slower labour compensation growth and …, to a lesser extent, a smaller decline in the price of investment goods in Canada. The depreciation of the value of the …

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Productiivity Convergence among OECD Countries: The Postwar Experience

Wolff, Edward N. - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 17-22

investment, education, and R&D in OECD countries accounting for the catch-up. The process of convergence seems to have ended in …

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The Productivity Renaissance in the U.S. Service Sector

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 6-8

This article, which is closely related to the previous article, is also by Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards. It points out that there now appears to be a renaissance in productivity growth in the U.S. service sector, with output per worker growing five times faster...

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Is IT Driving the U.S. Productivity Revival?

Stiroh, Kevin J. - In: International Productivity Monitor 2 (2001) Spring, pp. 31-36

capital investment has a large impact of productivity gains. His evidence also supports the view that the U.S. productivity …

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Productivity Trends in Asia Since 1980

Oguchi, Noriyoshi - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 69-78

Asia has become the economic powerhouse of the world. This article provides a detailed discussion of trends in output, labour and capital inputs, and labour, capital and total factor productivity (TFP) in Asian countries since 1980. The author finds that TFP growth has been quite rapid in most...

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The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity

Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 15-26

The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article, Someshwar Rao, Jianmin Tang and Weimin Wang of Industry Canada provide additional evidence of this relationship through a detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and...

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 1-2

This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...

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Future Productivity Growth in Canada: Comparing to the United States

Macklem, Tiff - In: International Productivity Monitor 7 (2003) Fall, pp. 50-57

based on the increased share of machinery and equipment investment in GDP, Canada's high degree of exposure to international … trade and investment, the supportive macro-economic environment of low inflation and improved fiscal positions, increased …

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What Explains the Canada-US ICT Investment Gap?

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 11 (2005) Fall, pp. 21-38

It is widely recognized that machinery and equipment investment intensity is less in Canada than in the United States …. What is less well know is that it is information and communications technology (ICT) investment that largely accounts for … this gap. The author documents trends in ICT investment in both Canada and the United States and attempts to explain why …

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