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Inequality during the early years : child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519857
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Inequality During the Early Years : Child Outcomes and Readiness to Learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118038
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Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context : the role of cognitive skills
Pullman, Ashley; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
It is well-established that human capital contributes to unequal levels of earnings mobility. Individuals with higher levels of human capital, typically measured through education, earn more on average and are privy to greater levels of upward change over time. Nevertheless, other factors may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506899
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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey
Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650205
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Automation and reallocation : the lasting legacy of COVID-19 in Canada
Blit, Joel - 2020
Recent evidence suggests that recessions play a crucial role in promoting automation and the reallocation of productive resources. Consistent with this, I show that in the three previous Canadian recessions, routine jobs were disproportionately lost. COVID-19 is likely to have a similar impact,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285610
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The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information Technology on Firm Performance
Gu, Wulong - 2014
incidence of productivity improvement as well as high rates of innovation. These findings suggest that to be successful, firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071171
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Innovation, Training and Success
Baldwin, John R. - 2015
This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171719
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Productivity Trends in the Construction Sector in Canada: A Case of Lagging Technical Progress
Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2001
Both labour and total factor productivity growth in the total and residential construction sectors in Canada have been negative over the past two decades. This report provides a detailed examination of output, employment, and productivity trends in the construction sector in Canada and by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481834
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The Canada-Atlantic Canada Manufacturing Productivity Gap: A Detailed Analysis
Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003
production. Of these, innovation is found to be the most important. Since research and development activity has been historically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481843
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The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity
Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 15-26
detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian …, product market competition, and government support for R&D, training, and technical assistance are the drivers of innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650236