In this paper we explore variables that may have an impact on multifactor productivity (MFP) in the long-run using the … KLEMS database for Canada. We estimate a dynamic heterogeneous panel error-correction model of twelve 2-digit level …

plant's placement within the productivity distribution. Appreciations of the local currency expose domestic plants to more … plants are forced from the market, which truncates the lower end of the productivity distribution. For surviving plants …, appreciations can lead to a reduction in plant size, which, in the presence of scale economies, can lower productivity. We examine …

Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains … substitutes in production, and that the productivity gains associated with organizational redesign are industry-specific. …

as they change jobs, voluntarily or involuntarily. The model, calibrated to the United States and Canada, accounts for … one-third of the firmsize wage premium. Regarding the earnings gap between Canada and the United States, the model finds …

output gap), as well as through persistent supply side effects (affecting trend growth). We estimate this model for Canada …

In Canada, temporary workers account for 14 per cent of jobs in the non-farm business sector, are present in a range of … costly labour adjustment and temporary workers. The calibrated model captures some features of job reallocation in Canada …

account for half of the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap in manufacturing. …This paper examines the relationship between firm size and productivity. In contrast to previous studies, this paper … distribution of employment over firm size categories has affected Canadian aggregate productivity, and whether differences in the …

productivity observed in the Canadian economy. The paper performs a decomposition of the labor factor for Canada and the United … growth model with macroeconomic variables observed in the data. The paper finds that total factor productivity and the … consumptionleisure trade-off the productivity and labor factors are key to understanding the changes in output, labor supply and labor …

most recent data available. It examines the determinants of these flows and their relationship with the productivity growth …, shifts of employment labour between industries have generally not contributed positively to aggregate labour productivity … rates within industries are found to be strongly related to multifactor productivity and labour productivity growth at the …

The authors provide an extensive review of the rapidly expanding research on productivity, both at the macro and micro … levels. They focus primarily on papers written about Canada, but also draw on selected studies from other countries …, especially the United States, where such work sheds important light on particular aspects of productivity growth. The authors …