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Confessions of a Serial Productivity Researcher

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With an ageing population and declining labour force growth productivity is becoming increasingly important as a source of economic growth. Despite this importance, governments fear the productivity word because of public misunderstanding of its meaning. For many years the author believed that Canada’s weak productivity performance reflected inappropriate public policy. Despite most of the public policy agenda that was put forward to improve productivity being implemented, productivity growth in this country since 2000 has actually deteriorated. This suggests that the private sector bears more responsiblity for Canada’s productivity malaise than previous thought. A research agenda with a focus on firm behaviour from a micro approach is needed to obtain a deeper understanding of Canadaès terrible productivity record and to develop actions to boost productivity growth.

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  • Don Drummond, 2011. "Confessions of a Serial Productivity Researcher," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 22, pages 3-10, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:sls:ipmsls:v:22:y:2011:1
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    1. Don Drummond, 2015. "Progress on the Mystery of Productivity: A Review Article on the OECD Report 'The Future of Productivity'," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 29, pages 83-88, Fall.
    2. Andrew Sharpe & Ricardo de Avillez, 2012. "A Detailed Analysis of Nova Soctia;s Productivty Performance, 1997-2010," CSLS Research Reports 2012-05, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    3. Mathieu Dufour & Ellen Russell, 2015. "Why Isn't Productivity More Popular? A Bargaining Power Approach to the Pay/Productivity Linkage in Canada," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 28, pages 47-62, Spring.
    4. Michael J. Harper & Alice O. Nakamura & Lu Zhang, 2012. "Difficulties Assessing Multifactor Productivity for Canada," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 24, pages 76-84, Fall.
    5. Don Drummond, 2021. "ViewPoint: Canada Should Establish an Equitable Growth Institute," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 40, pages 105-117, Spring.
    6. Jacob Greenspon & Anna Stansbury & Lawrence H. Summers, 2021. "Productivity and Pay in the United States and Canada," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 41, pages 3-30, Fall.
    7. Don Drummond & Annette Ryan & Michael R. Veall, 2013. "Improving Canada's Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 26, pages 86-93, Fall.

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