countries. On the other hand, analysts ask whether there is a productivity gap — whether Canada is equally efficient in … investigate the size of the output and productivity gaps between the two countries over the period from 1994 to 2002 and ask how …

make to productivity growth. Fifth, it discusses new research that focuses on the relationship between foreign ownership …

superior performance of foreign-controlled plants and their productivity spillovers to domestic plants. The paper finds that … productivity growth in the last two decades. Finally, we find robust evidence for productivity spillovers from foreign …

This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of firm turnover as output is shifted … continuing firms. This paper proposes a method for measuring the impact of firm turnover on productivity growth and shows that … associated with competition is the main source of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing industries …

. Second, export-market participation was associated with increases in a plant's productivity growth. Third, our analysis … identified the presence of three main mechanisms through which export-market participation raises productivity growth among …

emphasis, as the use of these technologies has been shown to be closely associated with changes in relative productivity …

Labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector slowed substantially after 2000. Most of the slowdown … and a slowdown in export growth. The paper finds that at least half of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is … because of the pro-cyclical nature of productivity growth arising from capacity utilization. Almost all of the aggregate …

Measures of productivity are derived by comparing outputs and inputs. The System of National Accounts (SNA) in Canada … productivity …

aggregate productivity growth. This paper extends our understanding of industry differences in the competitive process by … examining firm turnover and productivity growth in various services industries in Canada and situating them relative to … entrants are relatively large at birth, the penalty for entry at suboptimal size or productivity is higher. The reallocation …

productivity between Canada and the United States. To do so, the business sector in each country is divided into unincorporated and … corporate businesses, and estimates of labour productivity are generated for each sector.The productivity performance of the … two countries are compared, the gap in the level of productivity between Canada and the United States is reduced …