The objectives of this study are to provide a comprehensive overview of the productivity situation in the forest …), capital productivity, and total factor productivity for the three forest product industries and the sector aggregate for … factor productivity growth rates and levels in Canada, the United States and Finland over the 1975-99 period. The sixth …

This paper explores the linkages between productivity and social development from the perspective of synthesizing the … exploring the linkages between productivity and social well-being involving researchers from around the world and culminating in … the edited volume Toward a Social Understanding of Productivity. Contributions discuss both linkages from productivity to …

on the linkages between open and competitive markets (competitive intensity) and innovation and productivity growth. The … competitive intensity, innovation and productivity. The second section examines relevant empirical work that has been done on the … the international case studies of the effects of open and competitive markets on innovation and productivity. The report …

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 …

A key objective of economic policy in Canada is to reduce the productivity gap with the United States. The development … industry dimensions. Unfortunately, statistical agencies do not currently produce estimates of Canada-U.S. productivity gaps by … present benchmark estimates of the Canada-U.S. labour productivity and total factor productvity gap for 29 industries for 1999 …

have-not provinces, promotes consumption over investment and hence does not maximize our productivity potential. The author …

Both ICT-producing and ICT-using industries have contributed disproportionately to labour productivity growth in the …-using industries to productivity growth. In the 1995-2000 period, the contribution of ICT-producing industries to labour productivity …

Measurement of productivity in the service sector has always represented a challenge for economists. "Productivity in …

levels of living standards, measured as output per capita, and productivity (output per worker) for the 1995-97 period, the … living standards and productivity and that the productivity gap is the main factor behind the living standard gap. …

countries. He finds that Ireland has experienced a long-term productivity boom over the last 25 years and that the recent … acceleration in per capita GDP reflects an acceleration in employment rate growth, not in productivity growth. The main policy …