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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
overview of the ICOP manufacturing database. They note that the novelty of the ICOP approach is the derivation and use of … productivity in manufacturing. But when the more appropriate output per hour measure of productivity is used, the United States is … no longer the manufacturing productivity leader, being surpassed by the Netherlands and Belgium. The much greater number …
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The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity
Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 15-26
manufacturing. The firm-level data suggest that experienced employees and new university graduates, cooperation with other firms … inter-industry differences in productivity levels among manufacturing industries. The authors conclude that Canada could …
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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
Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour productivity growth in manufacturing in the United States has … in US high-tech manufacturing sector. The Canadian high-sector is smaller than its US counterpart and experienced much …
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Real GDP, Real GDI and Trading Gains: Canada, 1981-2005
Kohli, Ulrich - In: International Productivity Monitor 13 (2006) Fall, pp. 46-56
Real gross domestic product (GDP) fails to account for the trading gains and losses that result from changes in the terms of trade and in the real exchange rate (the price of tradables relative to the price of nontradables). Canada has enjoyed vast improvements in its terms of trade over recent...
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 1-2
productivity levels in manufacturing; productivity trends in the construction sector in Canada; and a review of Angus Maddison …
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industries de haute technologie de la zone euro et des Etats-Unis : une étude comparée de la compétitivité et des parts de marché.
Guillou, Sarah - Sciences Po - 2006
L’évolution des productions des industries de haute technologie montre un écart croissant, à partir de la seconde moitié des années 1990, entre la zone euro et les États-Unis, en faveur de ces derniers. En revanche, le niveau des exportations est quasiment identique actuellement. Le...
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Gains À L'Échange De Services Pour Les Pays Africains : Mythe Ou Réalité? (Gains to Trade in Services for African Countries: Myths or Reality?)
Rabaud, Isabelle - 2016
English Abstract: Huge gains from increase in exports and growth are expected from liberalisation of trade in services in African countries. The size and the growth of tertiary sector and the breadth of existing barriers seems to justify this expectation. We analyze computable general...
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Compétitivité et emploi : trois niveaux d'analyse , trois paradoxes
Favereau, Olivier - In: Contrainte extérieure, politique de l'emploi et …, (pp. 69-90). 1986
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Discrimination commerciale : une mesure à partir des flux bilatéraux
Gaulier, Guillaume - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005607303
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Can innovation help US manufacturing firms escape import competition from China?
Hombert, Johan; Matray, Adrien - 2014
We study whether R&D-intensive firms are more resilient to trade shocks. We correct for the endogeneity of R&D using tax-induced changes to R&D cost. While rising imports from China lead to slower sales growth and lower profitability, these effects are significantly smaller for firms with a...
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