Recent discussions about health care spending have focused on two issues: 1) the extent to which the increase in heath care spending is due to an increase in the quantity as opposed to the price of health care services, and 2) the efficiency and productivity of health care providers (e.g.,...

This paper examines differences in labour productivity across small, medium- and large-sized enterprises in Canada. In 2008, the level of labour productivity, as measured by nominal gross domestic product per hour worked, in large businesses was greater than that for medium-sized and small...

This paper highlights revisions to multifactor productivity (MFP) growth and related variables in the business sector and in individual industries, which resulted from the historical revision of the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA) released October 1, 2012, revisions to the labour...

Intangible capital consists of investments that do not take on the solid, physical characteristics of machinery and equipment or buildings. Nevertheless, such investments have some of the properties of other types of investments in that they yield long-lasting benefits as a result of...

Leasing is an important means of gaining access to assets, of obtaining finance, and of reducing a lessee?s exposure to the risks inherent to asset ownership. A lease can be either a financial lease (capital lease) or an operating lease (capital rental). A financial lease is one where the legal...

This paper examines and compares labour productivity in Canada and the United States for small and large firms over the period from 2002 to 2008. It quantifies the relative importance of small and large firms in Canada and the United States and measures the relative productivity levels of small...

This paper describes the patterns of firm entry and exit across provinces in Canada, the relationship of these patterns to differences in industrial structure and the response of firm entry and exit to changes in the economic environment. Firm entry and exit play an important role in shaping...

Afin d'evaluer l'importance de la delocalisation des matieres (definie dans le present document comme etant l'utilisation de matieres intermediaires importees) au niveau de l'industrie, on suppose generalement que, pour une industrie particuliere, la part importee des entrees de chaque bien est...

La presente etude s?appuie sur des donnees provenant de la base de donnees du Programme d?analyse longitudinale de l?emploi de Statistique Canada pour examiner la distribution des taux de croissance de l?emploi au Canada de 2000 a 2009, en se concentrant surtout sur les entreprises situees dans...

La presente etude permet de mieux comprendre la contribution, a l'economie du pays, des petites, moyennes et grandes entreprises au Canada. A cette fin, on examine les parts du produit interieur brut (PIB) attribuables a chacun de ces groupes de taille dans le secteur des entreprises. Les...