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 importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …

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 22nd issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains five articles. The topics addressed are: a comparative industry perspective on productivity and economic growth in … Europe; a detailed analysis of labour productivity growth in the transportation equipment industry in Canada; a portrait of …

This report presents new estimates of the levels and growth rates of labour, capital and multifactor productivity for … industry levels. Also, estimates of the sources of labour productivity growth (capital intensity, labour quality, and … multifactor productivity) are presented. Furthermore, this report examines the labour productivity gap between the provinces and …

THIS ISSUE OF THE International Productivity Monitor contains five articles on: recent productivity developments in the … world economy; aggregate measures of income and their implications for productivity and living standards; the role of … sectoral employment shifts in aggregate productivity growth in Canada; productivity trends in regulated industries in Canada …

be likely to contribute to productivity growth in British Columbia: the underutilization of the skills of recent …

software gap. About one-third of the gap can be assigned to differences in labour productivity, industry structure, and …

The objective of this report is to evaluate the impact of the oil and gas industry on labour productivity growth in … affects aggregate productivity. The report sheds light on the paradoxical lack of a direct negative contribution of the oil … and gas sector to aggregate labour productivity growth despite the very large fall in productivity experienced by the …

The 27th issue of the International Productivity Monitor features a symposium on priorities and directions for future … productivity research with five contributions from leading productivity researchers. In addition, the issue includes articles on … the impact of the oil boom on Canada’s labour productivity performance, the contribution of intangible assets to …

The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of the oil and gas industry on labour productivity growth in … affects aggregate productivity. The article sheds light on the paradoxical lack of a direct negative contribution of the oil … and gas sector to aggregate labour productivity growth despite the very large fall in productivity experienced by the …