developments in labour productivity, allowing for human capital accumulation, and multifactor productivity (MFP), allowing for … capita growth, while differences in labour productivity have remained broadly stable. These patterns are explained by …

Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark … develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita … into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour productivity. Labour supply is in turn determined by the hours worked per …

the health-productivity relationship with an emphasis on the public policy implications. This relationship goes well … Grossman model, the author describes three additional pathways through which health can affect productivity at an aggregate … greater returns from their investment. They may also be motivated to save more for retirement, which would lead to greater …

The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article … detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian … inter-industry differences in productivity levels among manufacturing industries. The authors conclude that Canada could …

long-run perspective by assessing the relationships among population growth and a plethora of investment dynamics: public … findings reveal a long-run positive causal linkage from population growth to only public investment. But for domestic … investment, permanent fluctuations in human capital affect permanent changes in other forms of investments. Robustness checks on …

investment indicators: public, private, foreign and domestic investments. Using asymmetric panels on data spanning from 1977 to … 2007, we investigate effects of population growth on investment from Granger causality models. Our findings reveal a long …-run positive causal linkage from population growth to only public investment. But for domestic investment, permanent fluctuations …

The role of Africa in world demographic change is primary and consequences on future investment dynamics could provide … investment. Our study reinforces the lack of consensus over the impact of demographic change on economic growth. Main findings … public and private investments in Swaziland; (3) deplete public investment but augment domestic investment in Zambia; (4 …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of … productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social progress and in terms of understanding the feedback mechanisms …

need to promote a vision of a vibrant, fastgrowing economic region where more inclusion, higher productivity, and increased …