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Explaining Productivity Growth: The Role of Demographics

Beaudry, Paul; Collard, Fabrice; Green, David A. - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 45-58

The impact of demographic developments on productivity is still a little-explored subject. The authors find a strong and unexpected link between slow labour productivity growth and rapid labour force growth over the period from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s. They situate this finding in the...

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The Contribution of ICTs to Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States in the 1990s

Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 3-18

Jianmin Tang of Industry Canada examine the contribution of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector to … the total economy and manufacturing level can be entirely accounted for by the greater size and faster growth of the ICT … medium term given the continued U.S. predominance in the crucial ICT sector. …

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The Contribution of ICT-Producing and ICT-Using Industries to Productivity Growth: A Comparison of Canada, Europe and the United States

Ark, Bart van; Inklaar, Robert; McGuckin, Robert H. - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 56-63

Both ICT-producing and ICT-using industries have contributed disproportionately to labour productivity growth in the ….S. Conference Board compare Canada, the United States and Europe in terms of the contribution of ICT-producing and ICT …-using industries to productivity growth. In the 1995-2000 period, the contribution of ICT-producing industries to labour productivity …

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Productivity and Policy Reform in Australia

Parham, Dean - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 53-63

Australia has historically been Canada's poorer cousin. But a pick-up in productivity growth in the 1990s has raised Australian living standards to Canadian levels. In this article, Dean Parham of the Australian Productivity Commission provides an overview of Australian economic performance and...

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Productivity Issues in Canada: A Review Article

Stewart, Ian A. - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 78-81

This article, by Ian A. Stewart, is a review of the recently released Industry Canada research volume Productivity Issues in Canada, edited by Someshwar Rao and Andrew Sharpe. Stewart begins by noting that at over 900 pages and 25 papers the volume represents an important contribution to the...

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The New Economy and Trend Productivity Growth in Canada

Sharpe, Andrew; Gharani, Leila - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 3-5

Thist article by Andrew Sharpe and Leila Gharani from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards examines the factors behind slow productivity growth in Canada in the second half of the 1990s, in marked contrast to the acceleration of productivity in the United States, and discusses the...

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The Link between Technology Use, Human Capital, Productivity and Wages: Firm-level Evidence

Turcotte, Julie; Rennison, Lori Whewell - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 25-36

information and communications technologies (ICT). The impact of this development on a range of variables, including productivity …

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Editor’s Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 1-2

The ninth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the magnitude of the Canada-U.S. productivity gap at the industry level; productivity puzzles facing researchers; the link between...

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What Explains the ICT Diffusion Gap Between the Major Industrialized Countries: An Empirical Analysis?

Cette, Gilbert; Lopez, Jimmy - In: International Productivity Monitor 17 (2008) Fall, pp. 28-39

technology (ICT) diffusion, and, as a result, the favorable effects of this diffusion on productivity, differ greatly between the … major advanced countries, with the United States the country where ICT diffusion is strongest. This study aims to explain … estimates obtained provide insight into the factors determining ICT diffusion and the gaps in this diffusion vis-à- vis the …

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Editor’s Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 8 (2004) Spring, pp. 1-2

This eighth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains eight articles. Topics covered are: a progress report on endogenous growth theory; recent productivity developments in Canada and the United States; monetary policy in...

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