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La variation spatiale des niveaux de productivite et des taux de croissance de la productivite est considerable. Les ecarts les plus prononces sont peut etre ceux observes entre pays, mais des differences demeurent fort evidentes dans les espaces nationaux, car la croissance economique favorise...
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Productivity levels and productivity growth rates vary significantly over space. These differences are perhaps most pronounced between countries, but they remain acutely evident within national spaces as economic growth favors some cities and regions and not others. In this paper, we map the...
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La productivite et les salaires ont tendance a etre plus eleves dans les villes. L'explication courante de ce phenomene repose sur les economies d'agglomeration, qui font augmenter le rendement associe au fait d'occuper un emplacement urbain. Les arguments paralleles axes sur la specialisation...
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Productivity and wages tend to be higher in cities. This is typically explained by agglomeration economies, which increase the returns associated with urban locations. Competing arguments of specialization and diversity undergird these claims. Empirical research has long sought to confirm the...
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Dans ce document, on examine le deplacement des sieges sociaux vers l'etranger de 1999 a 2002. A cette fin, on utilise les donnees du Registre des entreprises de Statistique Canada.
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Ces dernieres annees, les villes ont accorde un interet croissant a leur capacite de generer, d'attirer et de retenir leur capital humain. Une mesure de ce capital est l'emploi dans les professions liees aux sciences et au genie. Nous comparons la part de l'emploi attribuable a ces professions...
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This paper examines the migration of head offices to other countries from 1999 to 2002. It uses data from Statistics Canada's Business Register.
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of the levels and trends in the industrial diversity of Canadian cities over the past 10 years (1992 to 2002). Diverse cities are thought to be more stable and provide better environments that lead to stronger economic growth.
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This report compares employment growth in information and communications technology (ICT) industries and science-based industries across provinces, urban and rural regions and census metropolitan areas (CMAs).
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Ce document fournit une analyse empirique des niveaux et des tendances en matiere de diversite industrielle pour les villes canadiennes au cours des dix dernieres annees (1992 a 2002). On a l'impression que les villes diversifiees sont plus stables et qu'elles fournissent un contexte qui suscite...
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