This paper presents an estimate of the growth in total factor productivity, on the basis of gross production, in Quebec manufacturing industries from 1967 to 1978. The purpose of the paper is to characterize the distribution of the productivity gains between the various economic parties involved...

We suppose that women (couples), who are less than 40 years old, are faced with three types of sequential decisions: the fertility decision, the decision relative to the number of children to have and the decision concerning labour force participation. The hierarchical process of decision...