Similar Search Results

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 1-2

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650247

The New Economy and Trend Productivity Growth in Canada

Sharpe, Andrew; Gharani, Leila - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 3-5

Thist article by Andrew Sharpe and Leila Gharani from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards examines the factors behind slow productivity growth in Canada in the second half of the 1990s, in marked contrast to the acceleration of productivity in the United States, and discusses the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518977

The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity

Schreyer, Paul - In: International Productivity Monitor 2 (2001) Spring, pp. 37-51

The measurement of productivity is a complex task. The OECD has recently released a comprehensive manual or guide to the measurement of industry-level and aggregate productivity. In the fifth article, Paul Schreyer from the OECD and the author of the OECD productivity manual provides an overview...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518991

The ICOP Manufacturing Database: International Comparisons of Productivity Levels

Ark, Bart van; Timmer, Marcel - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 44-51

International productivity comparisons have traditionally focused on productivity growth rates. International productivity level comparisons are much more complex, requiring comparable industry data and estimates of purchasing power at a detailed industry level. The International Comparisons of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481863

Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 1-2

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 the information and communications technology sector to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650233

Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 1-2

This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650237

Productivity Growth in the OECD Area: Some Recent Findings

Pilat, Dirk - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 32-44

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has in recent years devoted considerable resources to the study of productivity trends in the OECD area. In this article, Dirk Pilat, a senior economist at the OECD provides an overview of the key results of this research effort....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650245

The autocatalytic character of the growth of production knowledge : what role does human labor play?

Brenner, Thomas; Cordes, Christian - 2004

This paper analyzes how the qualitative change in human labor occurs in mutual dependence with the advancement of the … epistemic base of technology. Historically, a recurrent pattern can be identified: humans learned to successively transfer labor … qualities to machines. The subsequent release of parts of the workforce from performing this labor enabled them to spend this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503534

Decomposing the effect of height on income in China : the role of market and political channels

Yamamura, Eiji; Smyth, Russell; Zhang, Yan - 2015

is positively associated with income in the labor market. We label this the height premium through the market channel …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488899

Working from a distance : productivity dispersion and labor reallocation

Gu, Jingping; Koh, Dongya; Liu, Andrew - 2022

this empirical evidence, our model predicts that employment and productivity dispersion would induce labor reallocation … across sectors, while imperfect labor mobility may result in a long road to economic recovery. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012880230

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last