This paper examines the emergence of the knowledge economy by examining the increasing importance of high-knowledge occupations over the period 1971-1996. It reports that the importance of knowledge occupations has continuously increased over the last three decades. It also examines differences...

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...

Economic analysts have expressed significant interest in the transition of the industrial base towards knowledge-intensive production. A central aspect of this transition is the growth and development of industries that provide the technological and scientific foundations for what is often...

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.

Les estimations du PIB sont sensibles au traitement d'une depense d'affaires comme investissement ou comme facteur intermediaire. Faire passer une categorie de depenses de depenses intermediaires a depenses d'investissement a pour effet d'accroitre le PIB. Meme si le guide de mesure...

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...

Dans ce document, on analyse la croissance des industries de technologies de l'information et des communications (TIC). On y presente des donnees sur le produit interieur brut (PIB), l'emploi, la productivite, la rentabilite, les travailleurs du savoir, les investissements dans la recherche et...

This paper examines the migration of head offices to other countries from 1999 to 2002. It uses data from Statistics Canada's Business Register.

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.