The slower productivity growth in Canada relative to that experienced in the United States in the second half of the … development. A key issue is whether this slower productivity growth is broadly-based, which would imply a societal … productivity growth in Canada and the United States in the 1990s. They find that the productivity growth gap in the 1990s at both …

subject to strategic manipulation by regulated firms should be the productivity growth rate used to develop the appropriate …This article by Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University and the NBER discusses the use of total factor productivity … for price setting in regulated industries. He argues that the longterm, industry-wide productivity experience that is not …

; Distance to Frontier ; Inappropriate Technologies ; Skill-biased Technical Change ; Productivity ; TFP differences …

economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7 …% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to sustain vigorous growth and improve the well-being of most citizens, renewed …-friendly growth.<P>En marche pour la prospérité : Réformer pour poursuivre le rattrapage en Chine<BR>La Chine est bien placée pour ne …

effect of electricity on energy productivity in Swedish industry 1930-1990. Electricity augmented energy productivity in … those industrial branches that used electricity for multiple purposes. This productivity effect goes beyond “book …

energy productivity and overall productivity in the American economy in the 1920s. This view was challenged by Nicholas and … Moser (2004) based on patent statistics. We argue that other methods are required for studying productivity effects and … propose cointegration analyses. We demonstrate a clear impact from electrification on energy productivity in those broad …

the various layers that connect R&D subsidies and higher education policy to productivity growth. We put the development …How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … of scarce talent and career choice at the center of a new endogenous growth framework with individual-level heterogeneity …