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The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the...
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the information and communications technology sector to productivity growth in Canada and the United States; the Irish … economic boom and lessons for other countries; productivity trends in OECD countries; international comparisons of labour … productivity levels in manufacturing; productivity trends in the construction sector in Canada; and a review of Angus Maddison …
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researchers on productivity issues, trends and developments in Canada and other countries. The Monitor will also serve as a …
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This article by Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University and the NBER discusses the use of total factor productivity for price setting in regulated industries. He argues that the longterm, industry-wide productivity experience that is not subject to strategic manipulation by regulated firms...
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not only a rigorous approach of trends and volatility, but also efficient calculations which were already successfully …
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this article by Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards on the determinants of trends in living …
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article concludes that the book will be required reading for all economists interested in long-run economic growth trends and …
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examines productivity trends in this sector and discusses possible factors behind this situation. He notes that two drivers of … these favourable trends by a lack of technical progress in the construction sector and, to a lesser extent, measurement …
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Early 2001 saw the publication of two important contributions to the literature on productivity in Canada. In February, Statistics Canada released a research study entitled Productivity Growth in Canada, and in March, Industry Canada published a research monograph entitled Industry-level...
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