improved markedly in the construction sector in recent years. He explains the stagnation of labour productivity growth despite … productivity growth, capital per worker and the skills level of the workforce as represented by educational attainment, have … problems which underestimate productivity growth. …

’s share of the sector’s fall-off in labour productivity growth. Ontario was the province that contributed proportionately the …The Centre for the Study of Living Standards has released new estimates of labour, capital and multifactor productivity … 1997-2007 period. This article exploits this database to shed light on the nature of the slowdown in labour productivity …

cent of that in Ontario in 1960 to 86 per cent in 1999. He decomposes this change into three sources: productivity …Quebec’s relative growth performance with Ontario has always been an issue of concern for economic historians. In his …, employment and the demographic structure, and finds that faster growth in output per worker in Quebec was the most important …

developments assesses whether an acceleration of productivity growth, the touchstone of the New Economy, is likely to occur in … institutional changes such as product and labour market deregulation have served as catalysts for growth. He then looks at the role … concludes that an acceleration in productivity in Europe is likely, as is a continuation of strong productivity gains in the …

other public policies can narrow regional gaps in income, well-being and access to services, productivity growth is key to …, this paper documents the performance of Swedish large regions (TL2) on the main productivity drivers identified by the … high regional productivity, namely rail and road connectivity, knowledge-intensive employment and research and education …

capital accumulation on productivity growth in Canada, differences between Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product …, future productivity growth in Canada, and the OECD growth study. …This seventh issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …

the information and communications technology sector to productivity growth in Canada and the United States; the Irish … economic boom and lessons for other countries; productivity trends in OECD countries; international comparisons of labour …The third issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …

eight articles on a wide range of productivity topics. There are the new economy and trend productivity growth in Canada … living, the postwar productivity convergence experience among OECD countries, price cap regulation and productivity growth …This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa …

productivity growth in Canada; the contribution of ICT-producing and using industries to productivity growth in Canada, the United …This sixth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains seven articles. Topics covered are lessons for Canada from the U.S. growth resurgence; the factors explaining higher …

other OECD countries increased in the 1990s after falling up to then, reflecting the rebound in U.S. productivity growth, a … phenomenon not observed elsewhere; divergences in productivity growth performance are not due to different measurement techniques … States enjoying strong growth in both productivity and the employment rate while many European countries experiencing limited …