This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa … productivity for improving living standards and quality of life. We will be publishing twice a year articles from leading … researchers on productivity issues, trends and developments in Canada and other countries. The Monitor will also serve as a …

This sixth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … productivity levels in the United States than in Canada; patterns in annual work hours in Canada and the United States; trend … productivity growth in Canada; the contribution of ICT-producing and using industries to productivity growth in Canada, the United …

Finance Canada discuss the issue of the choice between labour and total factor productivity. They conclude that both measures … have uses. For periods of less than a decade, labour productivity is the preferred measure, but for longer periods total … factor productivity is superior. When capital stock estimates are of poor quality, it is better to use labour productivity. …

the study of productivity trends in the OECD area. In this article, Dirk Pilat, a senior economist at the OECD provides an … highest level of GDP per capita in the OECD area; the gap between the aggregate productivity level in the United States and in … other OECD countries increased in the 1990s after falling up to then, reflecting the rebound in U.S. productivity growth, a …

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 …

improved markedly in the construction sector in recent years. He explains the stagnation of labour productivity growth despite …The productivity performance of the construction sector in Canada over the last quarter century has been dismal, with … examines productivity trends in this sector and discusses possible factors behind this situation. He notes that two drivers of …

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 of the manual. He highlights a number of the key issues addressed …

We analyse the evolution of capital and labour (mis)allocation across firms in five euro-area countries (Belgium … efficiency of labour reallocation has not changed significantly. Second, the observed increase in capital misallocation has been … particularly severe in services as opposed to industry. Third, misallocation of both labour and capital dropped in all countries in …