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 …

This paper focuses on investment in research and development as a factor of labour productivity and economic growth … productivity (expressed in the number of hours worked) based on selected data for EU Member States in the period 1995-2013. A … development (2.85% of EU GDP) maximising productivity (per hour of work) was determined based on the examined data. In accordance …

-on empirical work, Bloom, Jones, Van Reenen and Webb (2020) document declining research productivity across a number of domains …, and interpret the decline as fishing out. However, it's possible productivity has declined for other reasons, e.g., that …

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 …