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Allocative efficiency and aggregate productivity growth in Canada and the United States
Shao, Lin; Tang, Rongsheng - 2021 - Last updated: January 7, 2021
This paper evaluates the contribution of allocative efficiency to the aggregate productivity growth in Canada and the … 1970s and the 2000s in the US, and 2) the widening Canada-US productivity gap since the middle of the 1980s. We extend the … US’s productivity slowdown and more than one-third of the widening Canada-US productivity gap. The allocation of capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404492
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The productivity slowdown in Canada : an ICT phenomenon?
Mollins, Jeff; St-Amant, Pierre - 2019
account for the productivity slowdown observed in Canada since the early 2000s. To answer this question, we consider several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011954562
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Earnings dynamics and intergenerational transmission of skill
Lochner, Lance; Park, Youngmin - 2020 - Last updated: November 4, 2020
elasticities (IGEs) for earnings in Canada (less than 0.2, even when based on 5-year and 9-year average earnings); however, skill … largest cities in Canada, determining the extent to which considerable differences in earnings and skill IGEs vary with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012307642
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Are working hours complements in production?
Shao, Lin; Sohail, Faisal; Yurdagul, Emircan - 2022 - Last updated: November 21, 2022
This paper uses Canadian matched employer-employee data to show that working hours are gross complements in production rather than perfect substitutes, as is typically assumed. We exploit within-establishment and individual-level variation in hours and wages to document novel evidence consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448814
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Electronic transactions as high-frequency indicators of economic activity
Galbraith, John W. (contributor); Tkacz, Greg (contributor) - 2007
are correlated with Statistics Canada's revisions to GDP; (iv) high-frequency analyses of transactions around extreme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641311
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A wave of protectionism? : an analysis of economic and political considerations
Maier, Philipp (contributor) - 2008
are important. An analysis of the economic effects using the Bank of Canada's Global Economy Model shows that the gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641330
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What affects MFP in the long-run? : evidence from Canadian industries
Leung, Danny (contributor); Zheng, Isabel Yi (contributor) - 2008
KLEMS database for Canada. We estimate a dynamic heterogeneous panel error-correction model of twelve 2-digit level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641346
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The welfare implications of fiscal dominance
De Resende, Carlos (contributor); Rebei, Nooman (contributor) - 2008
dominance in both Mexico and South Korea, but almost no fiscal dominance in Canada and the U.S. The country-specific estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772978
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Aggregate and welfare effects of redistribution of wealth under inflation and price-level targeting
Meh, Césaire Assah (contributor);  … - 2008
properties which is what we explore in this paper. For Canada, we show that the magnitude of redistributions of an unexpected 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773003
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Market structure and the diffusion of e-commerce : evidence from the retail banking industry
Allen, Jason (contributor); Clark, Robert (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper studies the role that market structure plays in affecting the diffusion of electronic banking. Electronic banking (and electronic commerce more generally) reduces the cost of performing many types of transactions for firms. The full benefits for firms from adoption, however, only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773006