Download or read book The Canada US Productivity Growth Paradox written by Serge Coulombe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The productivity puzzle written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Productivity growth is the key to sustainably improving the quality of life of Canadians. Over the long run, wages, wealth and GDP per capita are integrally linked to a country's productivity performance. Yet the alarming reality is that labour productivity growth in Canada's business sector has been in structural decline since the 1970s. Even more concerning is that since 2000, labour productivity growth has slowed to a crawl. The scope of this trend has not been mirrored by other developed countries, and it is taking a toll on Canada's international economic clout. Between 1990 and 2008, Canada's GDP per capita slipped from 5th to 11th among OECD countries.
Download or read book The Canada U S Productivity Puzzle written by Jean-Thomas Bernard and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Productivity Puzzle written by Don Drummond and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Productivity growth is the key to sustainably improving the quality of life of Canadians. Over the long run, wages, wealth and GDP per capita are integrally linked to a country's productivity performance. Yet the alarming reality is that labour productivity growth in Canada's business sector has been in structural decline since the 1970s. Even more concerning is that since 2000, labour productivity growth has slowed to a crawl. The scope of this trend has not been mirrored by other developed countries, and it is taking a toll on Canada's international economic clout. Between 1990 and 2008, Canada's GDP per capita slipped from 5th to 11th among OECD countries.
Download or read book Productivity Issues in Canada written by Canada. Industry Canada and published by Calgary : University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of research papers that explains Canada's relatively weak productivity record over the last few decades and the nature of productivity growth in Canada. The book covers a wide range of topics, including productivity trends and determinants, innovation, investment, global linkages, productivity in the new economy, and the social aspects of productivity. Includes in-depth and detailed papers by experts in Canadian economics, policy, trade etc.
Download or read book Tales From Two Neighbors written by Mr.Martin D. Cerisola and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment-specific technical change, associated with improvements in the quality of the capital stock, and neutral technical change, associated with the organization of productive activities. The results indicate that investment-specific technical change is the major underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States.
Download or read book Canada s Productivity Performance written by Ponugoti Someshwar Rao and published by Canada Communications Group. This book was released on 1992 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study discuses issues and problems associated with international productivity and real income comparisons. It reviews the trends in Canada's productivity and the trends in Canada's labour productivity and real income performance, relative to other G-7 countries with special reference to the United States. It also outlines the theoretical underpinnings of an econometric model to explain productivity growth and gives a brief summary of regression results for Canada, the United States, Japan, and West Germany. It analyzes the causes of the slowdown in Canadian productivity since 1973 using the estimated equations. In addition, it examines the reasons for Canada's poor manufacturing productivity performance relative to that of the major economies and summarizes the findings of the study.
Download or read book A Comparison of Canadian and U S Productivity Levels electronic Resource an Exploration of Measurement Issues written by Baldwin, John R. (John Russel) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 gross domestic product & labour inputs that the statistical agency in each country produces. The second is how a price index can be constructed to reconcile estimates of Canadian & US gross domestic product per hour worked that are calculated in Canadian & US dollars respectively. After constructing such an index and taking into account alternative assumptions about Canada/US prices, the paper provides point estimates of Canada's relative labour productivity of the total economy in 1999. The paper recommends a confidence interval to be applied to the estimates and notes the sensitivity of the interval to assumptions made about import & export prices.
Download or read book Measuring the Canada U S Productivity Gap Industry Dimensions written by Rao and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Productivity and Pay in the US and Canada written by Jacob Greenspon and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study the productivity-pay relationship in the United States and Canada along two dimensions. The first is divergence: the degree to which the levels of productivity and pay have diverged. The second is delinkage: the degree to which incremental increases in the rate of productivity growth translate into incremental increases in the rate of growth of pay, holding all else equal. We show that in both countries the pay of typical workers has diverged substantially from average labor productivity over recent decades, driven by both rising labor income inequality and a declining labor share of income. Even as the levels of productivity and pay have grown further apart, we find evidence for some linkage between productivity and pay in both countries: a one percentage point increase in the rate of productivity growth is associated with a positive increase in the rate of pay growth, holding all else equal. This linkage appears stronger in the US than in Canada. Overall, our findings lead us to tentatively conclude that policies or trends which lead to incremental increases in productivity growth, particularly in large relatively closed economies like the USA, will tend to raise middle class incomes. At the same time, other factors orthogonal to productivity growth have been driving productivity and typical pay further apart, emphasizing that much of the evolution in middle class living standards will depend on measures bearing on relative incomes.
Download or read book The Productivity Gap Between Canadian and U S Firms written by Frank Chung Lee and published by Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations. This book was released on 1999 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Solving the Productivity Puzzle written by Tim Ringo and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CATEGORY WINNER: Business Book Awards 2021 - HR & Management Category An engaged and productive workforce is essential for organizational growth and business success. However, record levels of disengaged staff, a lack of motivation and employees feeling that they lack the necessary skills and support to excel at their jobs is putting this in jeopardy. HR practitioners are ideally placed to address these issues and boost productivity at every stage of the employee lifecycle to improve individual performance and drive business results. Solving the Productivity Puzzle is a practical guide for all people management professionals to address the challenge of stagnating people productivity. It covers how to embed learning and development activities to ensure that employees feel equipped with the skills they need to meet their goals, motivate a workforce made up of six generations with competing priorities, develop an effective workforce planning strategy to make sure the right people are in the right place at the right time, with the right motivation in the organization to build a company culture that allows people to thrive. Solving the Productivity Puzzle also includes expert guidance on how implement change to opportunity in the workforce, track and measure productivity and how to leverage new technologies to support employees. Including case studies from global organizations including Accenture, Aetna, Apple, Google, IBM, and SAP. This is essential reading for HR professionals needing to supercharge productivity in their organization for both employee and business success.
Download or read book Does Under investment Contribute to the Canada U S Productivity Gap written by Canada. Department of Finance and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment in machinery and equipment, research and development, physical capital, human capital.
Download or read book Productivity with a Purpose Improving the Standard of Living of Canadians written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Standing Committee on Finance has undertaken this study to understand the key elements of productivity enhancement and to enable making recommendations to the federal government that will help facilitate productivity growth. The first section discusses the standard of living in Canada, with comparisons to the United States; the role of productivity as a determinant of the standard of living; short- and long-run trends in productivity; the impact of productivity on unemployment; the Canada-US productivity gap; and problems in measuring productivity. The second section reviews forces behind recent productivity trends, including capital accumulation, the increasing importance of the service sector, and the special case of computers & information technology. Section three describes the drivers of productivity & economic growth, including investment, education, human capital, international trade & competition, technological progress, and the role of taxation. Section four discusses some basic lessons learned by the Committee and section five reviews productivity-related government initiatives to date. The concluding section presents the Committee's outline of principles believed to be important for increasing productivity. The appendix includes dissenting and supplementary opinions.
Download or read book Determinants of Canadian Productivity Growth written by Richard G. Harris and published by Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations. This book was released on 1999 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper looks at the future for productivity growth in Canada. Chapter 2 discusses theory and measurement issues. Two themes are covered: the link between productivity and living standards; the relationship between theory and measurement in light of the widespread use of the concept of multifactor productivity. Chapter 3 discusses the empirical literature on the determinants or drivers of productivity growth including investment, education and training, innovation, diffusion, and the broader context in which productivity growth is set. Chapter 4 deals with the prospects for future productivity growth in Canada. Chapter 5 concludes with a discussion of how traditional economic policies should account for potential productivity effects.
Download or read book A Frontier Approach to Canada U S Multifactor Producivity Performance written by Kaïs Dachraoui and published by Statistics Canada. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Canadian and U S Productivity Levels written by John R. Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 investigates how a price index can be constructed to reconcile estimates of Canadian and U.S. GDP per hour worked that are calculated in Canadian and U.S. dollars respectively. After doing so, and taking into account alternative assumptions about Canada/U.S. prices, the paper provides point estimates of Canada's relative labour productivity of the total economy in 1999 of around 94% that of the United States. The paper points out that at least a 10 percentage point confidence interval should be applied to these estimates. The size of the range is particularly sensitive to assumptions that are made about import and export prices.
