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This paper examines the trend in the importance of small producers in the Canadian and U.S. manufacturing sectors from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. It finds similar trends in both countries. Small plants increased their share of employment up to the 1990s but their share remained stable in...
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productivity between Canada and the United States. To do so, the business sector in each country is divided into unincorporated and … unincorporated sector relative to the corporate sector is much lower in Canada than in the United States. As a result, when the … two countries are compared, the gap in the level of productivity between Canada and the United States is reduced …
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differences in output per worker in the manufacturing sectors of Canada and the United States in 1929 and the extent to which it … order to derive a measure of total factor efficiency of Canada relative to the United States, using detailed industry data …. It finds that while output per worker in Canada was only about 75% of the United States productivity level, the total …
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This paper has three main objectives. First, it examines the level of multifactor productivity (MFP) in Canada relative … the overall MFP difference between Canada and the United States to its industry origins and estimates the contributions of … capital intensity is as high in Canada as in the United States; but there are considerable differences in Canada's capital …
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the relative capital intensity of Canada and the United States. To do so, the paper applies common depreciation rates to ….S. business sector. This is the net result of quite different ratios at the individual asset level. Canada has as higher intensity … of engineering infrastructure assets per dollar of gross domestic product produced. Canada has a lower intensity of …
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This paper compares long-run growth in labour productivity in Canada and the United States from 1961 to 2006. Over the … machinery and structures, the other in training) were more important in Canada. The third (the residual often referred to as …
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Canada and the U.S. are smaller than those for differentiated tradables and non-tradables, and are statistically … markets due to trade liberalization has reduced price differences between Canada and the United States. Instead, the shifts in …
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Canada's per capita income is often compared with the United States. These comparisons focus on differences in the … levels of income and whether the gap between the two countries is narrowing or widening.Statistics Canada and the US Bureau … using these statistics to compare incomes in Canada and the US is not straightforward.Studies that compare measures of …
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States and Canada. First, the Canadian and United States industry-level job creation and destruction rates are remarkably … similar. Industries with high (low) job creation in the U.S. exhibit high (low) job creation in Canada. The same is true for …
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