productivity slowdown. Since productivity growth is recognized as being by far the most important long-term source of sustainable … developments raise a number of issues related to the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being. First, does slower … productivity growth constitute a significant threat to the betterment of the well-being of the world's population, and, if so, by …

This 13th issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … Canadian flavour. Topics covered are the benchmarking of Canadian economic performance, policies for improving productivity … growth in Canada, Canada-U.S. differences in hours worked, the impact of terms of trade on Canada, and the measurement of …

productivity are essential. According to official estimates of productivity produced by Statistics Canada, labour productivity in … year between 1994 and 2003. Estimates of productivity produced by the CSLS, based on official Statistics Canada employment … and real GDP figures, show that labour productivity in the health care and social assistance industry declined by 0.69 per …

Living Standards. It points out that there now appears to be a renaissance in productivity growth in the U.S. service sector … large productivity gains in a wide range of service industries. …

The productivity performance of the construction sector in Canada over the last quarter century has been dismal, with … examines productivity trends in this sector and discusses possible factors behind this situation. He notes that two drivers of … productivity growth, capital per worker and the skills level of the workforce as represented by educational attainment, have …

discussion of productivity concepts, measurement issues, trends and prospects. He begins by noting that productivity is the … production. The measurement of productivity is fraught with conceptual and empirical issues, meaning that there can be a …In this chapter, Andrew Sharpe provides a comprehensive non-technical introduction to the productivity issue, including …