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Who is to Blame? Canadian Manufacturers and the Absence of Income Per Capita Convergence

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  • Ian Keay

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No significant convergence between Canadian and American income per capita occurred during the first ninety years of the twentieth century. This lack of convergence does not appear to have been due to technological dependence, input price distortions, or diseconomies of scale within the Canadian manufacturing sector. The evidence presented in this paper is based on total factor productivity measurement, statistical testing, and counterfactual experimentation using data from national statistical agencies and firm-level sources. © 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Ian Keay, 2003. "Who is to Blame? Canadian Manufacturers and the Absence of Income Per Capita Convergence," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(1), pages 166-177, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:85:y:2003:i:1:p:166-177
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    1. Gillian C. Hamilton & Ian Keay & Frank D. Lewis, 2017. "Contributions to Canadian economic history: The last 30 years," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 50(5), pages 1632-1657, December.
    2. Kris Inwood & Ian Keay, 2005. "Bigger establishments in thicker markets: can we explain early productivity differentials between Canada and the United States?," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 38(4), pages 1327-1363, November.
    3. Jakir Hussain & Jean-Thomas Bernard, 2016. "Flexible Functional Forms and Curvature Conditions: Parametric Productivity Estimation in Canadian and U.S. Manufacturing Industries," Working Papers 1612e, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.

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