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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
In this article, Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University, Richard G. Harris from Simon Fraser University, and Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards provide a comprehensive analysis of the widening of the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour...
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The OECD Productivity Database: An Overview
Pilat, Dirk; Schreyer, Paul - In: International Productivity Monitor 8 (2004) Spring, pp. 59-65
Dirk Pilat and Paul Schreyer of the OECD discuss the new OECD Productivity Database. The database covers 26 OECD countries for labour productivity estimates, as well as 14 countries for multifactor productivity estimates. While the database represents the most comparable productivity estimates...
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Propositions fiscales pour l'emploi.
Galavielle, Jean-Pierre - Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Paris 1 … - 2004
The persistence of high rates of unemployment calls for a discussion of the tax treatment of production factors. In France as in many other countries, material productive resources are subject to a legally recoverable tax, VAT, whereas unrecoverable obligatory social levies strike human...
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Why are Americans More Productive than Canadians?
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 19-37
Canada and discuss possible explanation of the gap. He points out that based on average weekly hours estimates from the U …
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The ICOP Manufacturing Database: International Comparisons of Productivity Levels
Ark, Bart van; Timmer, Marcel - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 44-51
of annual hours worked in the United States accounts for this discrepancy. …
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 1-2
The third issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles that deal with a wide range of issues in the productivity area. Topics covered are the contribution of the information and communications technology sector to...
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Productivity Growth in the OECD Area: Some Recent Findings
Pilat, Dirk - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 32-44
States enjoying strong growth in both productivity and the employment rate while many European countries experiencing limited … employment growth. …
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Productivity Trends in the Construction Sector in Canada: A Case of Lagging Technical Progress
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 52-68
The productivity performance of the construction sector in Canada over the last quarter century has been dismal, with output per hour lower in 2000 than in 1977. In this article Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards examines productivity trends in this sector and...
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The French labour productivity slow-down during the nineties?
BARON, H.; BEFFY, P.O.; FOURCADE, N.; MAHIEU, R. - Département des Études Économiques d'Ensemble (D3E), … - 2003
productivity slowdown seems to have stimulated employment, especially in the tertiary sector. Several papers deal with this subject … productivity slow-down in France using quarterly microeconomic data. We estimate an employment equation, paying special attention … productivity slowdown. We conclude that the drop in the number of hours worked, the change in the labor cost and in that of …
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Les contrats à durée déterminée et les coûts de licenciement nuisent-ils à l'embauche stable?
Maurin, Eric - In: Annales d'économie et de statistique (2000), pp. 267-291
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