on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector …. A number of possible factors contributing to the Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap are examined … Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap, namely less innovative effort, particularly in high-tech industries …

productivity levels in manufacturing; productivity trends in the construction sector in Canada; and a review of Angus Maddison …The third issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles that deal with a wide range of issues in the productivity area. Topics covered are the contribution of …

contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards …The fifth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …; the impact of economic reform on British productivity growth; productivity and policy reform in Australia; the measurement …

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 …

Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour productivity growth in manufacturing in the United States has …-US labour productivity gap. The authors find that the growth in the gap largely reflects the acceleration of productivity growth … in US high-tech manufacturing sector. The Canadian high-sector is smaller than its US counterpart and experienced much …

In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However …. Building on her analysis in The Cult of Efficiency, she argues that the language of efficiency, understood narrowly as cost …

economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency …-national empirical studies and by theoretical advances. Recent research seems to suggest that there is no efficiency-equity trade-off and … that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of … productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social progress and in terms of understanding the feedback mechanisms …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the … believes that the case for higher productivity would remain compelling. Without powerful analytical guidance, Watson concludes …