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Canada's Post-war Manufacturing Performance: A Comparison with the United States

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  • De Jong, Gjalt

    (Groningen University)

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This study uses the ?industry of origin? approach to calculate 200 unit value ratios for the benchmark year 1987 which are used to convert the output value in Canada and the United States into a common currency.In 1987, Canada's comparative labor productivity was 77.4 per cent, measured in persons employed, and 79.4 per cent measured in persons hours worked. These comparative productivity results for total manufacturing, as well as for 15 major branches, are extrapolated backwards to 1961 and forwards to 1990 using the national time series for real output and labor input. Finally, the results are put in an international comparative perspective with four other countries of the G-7 group i.e. France, Germany, Japan, and the UK.

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  • De Jong, Gjalt, 1996. "Canada's Post-war Manufacturing Performance: A Comparison with the United States," GGDC Research Memorandum 199632, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen.
    • Handle: RePEc:gro:rugggd:199632
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