This paper discusses a portion of our work linking data on the agriculture sector in the United States and Canada. The … purpose of this work is to explore the evolution of gains in agricultural productivity in the two countries during the post …

correct for this source of productivity change would have led to a 31% under estimate of long-run TFP growth in Canada arid a …In this paper we calculate and analyze the automobile industries cost and productivity experience during the 1970 's in … Canada, the U.S.and Japan. Utilizing an econometric cost function methodology, we are able to isolate the major source of …

The MACE model of Canada employs a nested production structure in which there is a vintage bundle of capital and energy … structure, it is possible to attribute 30% of the decline in labour productivity between 1973 and 1982, relative to a steady … factor proportions, demand, and profitability in Canada were due to the changes in world oil prices and the parallel changes …

This is the first paper to directly measure and decompose total factor productivity growth (TFPG) for the Canadian life …

Measures of productivity growth typically include in the Productivity "residual" the impacts of subequilibrium from … productivity growth can be attributed to production characteristics other than technical change, particularly scale economies …

expansion and capital accumulation than on productivity growth; (ii) tariffs may have discouraged capital accumulation by … raising the price of imported capital goods; (iii) productivity growth was most rapid in non-traded sectors (such as utilities …

We find a steep earnings-longevity gradient using fifty years of administrative data from Canada, with men in the top ….6 years. Unlike the United States, this longevity gradient in Canada has shifted uniformly through time, with approximately …

We use new data on manufacturing in Canada to quantify the impact of globalization on the growth and composition of … experienced faster growth. Consistent with the literature on economic development in Canada, we find that scale economies …