The extent of beta- and sigma-convergence of average labor productivity across manufacturing industries in 18 OECD … barriers preventing catch-up to occur. We find the level of averagelabor productivity, as a proxy for these barriers, to be …

In recent years, the productivity performance of oil and gas extraction in Canada has been dismal. Based on official … real GDP and labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in oil and gas extraction fell 8.23 per … high productivity level, have resulted in positive contributions to Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 …

The forest products sector in Canada has faced hard times since 2000. In terms of productivity growth, the sector as a …-par performance is entirely attributable to the paper manufacturing subsector, where labour productivity has collapsed since 2000. The … other two subsectors within the forest products sector – forestry and logging and wood product manufacturing – experienced …

In recent years, the productivity performance of mining in Canada has been very poor. Based on official real GDP and … labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in mining fell by 2.21 per cent per year between the 2000 … Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 to 2006 and an offsetting effect on the post-2000 aggregate labour …

. Economists believe that such policies should foster productivity growth. Since 2000, however, productivity growth in Canada has …In recent decades, governments in Canada have pursued market-oriented policies at both the macro and micro levels … been dismal, much below that in the United States and below Canada’s historical trend. The objective of this report is to …

supply of skills, labor market reforms, redesigned social safety nets, measures to promote digital innovation and facilitate …A new wave of innovation is beginning to disrupt industry on a global scale. It constitutes a tremendous opportunity … for faster productivity growth, but also a potential disruption to a number of economic sectors and to job markets …

promote digital innovation and facilitate the adoption of skills-augmenting technologies, and strengthened private sector …The wave of digital-industrial innovation which begins to disrupt vast sectors of the global economy has fueled fear of …. In particular, more effort should be devoted to (i) understanding what new skills will be needed, and how existing jobs …

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 … differences. A standard model of heterogenous producers, amended to include a channel for innovation, is calibrated to the U.S. to …

Skills, innovation and human capital as they feature prominently on the policy agenda of industrialized countries … concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … achieved through a better understanding of the relationship between the skills developed through formal education and their …