productivity growth. This paper offers a quantitative study on the link between uncertainty and low productivity growth. Firstly … Recession. Secondly, to investigate the effect of uncertainty on productivity growth dynamics, I present a novel general … productivity growth when accounting for the empirical discrepancy between the realised and expected changes to the second-moment of …

This paper evaluates the importance of innovation spending for understanding Canada-U.S. firm size and productivity … productivity, closely in line with the evidence. Differences in innovation costs account for the majority of firm size and … productivity differences, while fairly modest differences in regulatory burden translate to sizeable aggregate losses because they …

productivity growth. This paper offers a quantitative study on the link between uncertainty and low productivity growth. Firstly … Recession. Secondly, to investigate the effect of uncertainty on productivity growth dynamics, I present a novel general … productivity growth when accounting for the empirical discrepancy between the realised and expected changes to the second-moment of …

In this chapter, Graves and Jenkins explore the attitudes of Canadians to productivity. The distinction between our … Graves and Jenkins data is relatively aware of the terms of the productivity debate. Canadians appear to have a broadly … optimistic view of the economy, but give the country only a lukewarm overall rating of its productivity. Moreover, although …

The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article … detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian … inter-industry differences in productivity levels among manufacturing industries. The authors conclude that Canada could …

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

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 …

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 … weaker productivity growth. It is estimated that these two factors themselves account for 70 per cent of the widening of the …

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 …