Productivity Trends in the Construction Sector in Canada: A Case of Lagging Technical Progress
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Keywords
Construction; Construction Sector; Canada; Trends; Productivity; Productivity Drivers; Drivers; Capital; Skill; Education; Improvement; Technical Progress; Measurement; Output; Employment; Growth; Labor Productivity; Labour; TFP; Total Factor Productivity; Aggregate Demand; Measurement; Measurement Errors; Capital-Labor Ratio;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C80 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - General
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- L74 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Construction
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
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