This study uses new GDP estimates for the unincorporated sector in order to examine labour productivity in the unincorporated sector and to compare it to that in the corporate sector over the period 1987 to 2005. The level of nominal GDP per hour worked is significantly lower for unincorporated...

This paper asks how the performance of self-employed unincorporated businesses affects the size of the gap in labour 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...

Dans cet article sont examinees les differences de productivite du travail entre les entreprises de petite, de moyenne et de grande taille au Canada. En 2008, le niveau de la productivite du travail, mesure par le produit interieur brut nominal par heure travaillee, des grandes entreprises...

Le present document vise a examiner et a comparer la productivite du travail au Canada et aux Etats-Unis, pour les petites et les grandes entreprises, au cours de la periode de 2002 a 2008. L'etude vise a quantifier l'importance relative des petites et de grandes entreprises au Canada et aux...

This paper examines differences in labour productivity across small, medium- and large-sized enterprises in Canada. In 2008, the level of labour productivity, as measured by nominal gross domestic product per hour worked, in large businesses was greater than that for medium-sized and small...

This paper examines and compares labour productivity in Canada and the United States for small and large firms over the period from 2002 to 2008. It quantifies the relative importance of small and large firms in Canada and the United States and measures the relative productivity levels of small...