This paper generates updated estimates of depreciation rates to be used in the Canadian Productivity Accounts for the calculation of capital stock and the user cost of capital. Estimates are derived of depreciation profiles for a diverse set of assets, based on patterns of resale prices and...

This paper examines the level of labour productivity in Canada relative to that of the United States in 1999. In doing so, it addresses two main issues. The first is the comparability of the measures of GDP and labour inputs that the statistical agency in each country produces. Second, it...

Le present document comprend un examen du niveau de productivite du travail au Canada par rapport aux Etats Unis en 1999. A cette fin, deux questions sont abordees principalement. La premiere est celle de la comparabilite des mesures du PIB et de l'intrant travail produites par l'organisme...

Le present document decrit les tendances de l'entree et de la sortie d'entreprises dans les provinces canadiennes, le lien entre ces tendances et les differences de structure industrielle, et la reaction de l'entree et de la sortie d'entreprises aux changements qui se produisent dans...

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...

Dans le present document, on examine le rendement de l'investissement au Canada et aux Etats Unis en explorant les similarites et les differences des investissements en actifs fixes de 1990 a 2011, periode durant laquelle les deux pays ont subi des chocs differents. Le declin important des...

This paper examines the investment performance of Canada and the United States, exploring similarities and differences in investments in fixed assets over the 1990-to-2011 period. This is a period when the two countries experienced different shocks. The United States suffered from a major...

Cette etude a pour objectif de decrire brievement la methodologie actuellement utilisee pour produire le volume annuel d'heures travaillees conforme au Systeme de comptabilite nationale (SCN) . Ces donnees servent d'entrees de travail dans les mesures annuelles et trimestrielles de la...

This paper provides a brief description of the methodology currently used to produce the annual volume of hours worked consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA). These data are used for labour input in the annual and quarterly measures of labour productivity, as well as in the annual...