developments assesses whether an acceleration of productivity growth, the touchstone of the New Economy, is likely to occur in … institutional changes such as product and labour market deregulation have served as catalysts for growth. He then looks at the role … concludes that an acceleration in productivity in Europe is likely, as is a continuation of strong productivity gains in the …

Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this … article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has … authors find that Canada experienced a greater pick-up in total factor productivity growth than the United States. Increased …

capital accumulation on productivity growth in Canada, differences between Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product …, future productivity growth in Canada, and the OECD growth study. …This seventh issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …

productivity growth in Canada; the contribution of ICT-producing and using industries to productivity growth in Canada, the United …This sixth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains seven articles. Topics covered are lessons for Canada from the U.S. growth resurgence; the factors explaining higher …

productivity growth in the United States after 1995. In this article, Dale W. Jorgenson of Harvard University, Mun S. Ho from … growth, and comment on lessons for Canada. They conclude that the U.S. productivity revival is likely to remain intact for … Resources for the Future, and Kevin J. Stiroh of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provide a detailed account of this growth …

Both ICT-producing and ICT-using industries have contributed disproportionately to labour productivity growth in the …-using industries to productivity growth. In the 1995-2000 period, the contribution of ICT-producing industries to labour productivity … growth was similar in Canada and the Europe, but only half that in the United State. In terms of the contribution of ICT …

The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article … detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian … inter-industry differences in productivity levels among manufacturing industries. The authors conclude that Canada could …