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Fall 2012, Volume 24
- 97-117 Sectoral Contributions to Labour Productivity Growth in Canada: Does the Choice of Decomposition Formula Matter?
by Ricardo de Avillez - 118-125 The Political Economy of Economic and Productivity Growth: An Interview with Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Authors of "Why Nations Fail"
by Christopher Ragan
Spring 2012, Volume 23
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-16 Stimulating Innovation: Is Canada Pursuing the Right Policies?
by Marcel Côté & Roger Miller - 17-32 The Effects of Computer Technologies on the Canadian Economy: Evidence from New Direct Measures
by Michelle Alexopoulos & Jon Cohen - 31-43 Why Aren’t Workers Benefiting from Labour Productivity Growth in the United States?
by Lawrence Mishel & Kar-Fai Gee - 44-54 Employment and Productivity: Disentangling Employment Structure and Qualification Effects
by Renaud Bourlès & Gilbert Cette & Anastasia Cozarenco - 55-70 To Capture Production or Wellbeing? A Review Article on Towards Measuring the Volume Output of Education and Health Services: A Handbook
by Aled ab Iorwerth
Fall 2011, Volume 22
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-10 Confessions of a Serial Productivity Researcher
by Don Drummond - 11-28 Innovation and Productivity: Summary Results for Canadian Manufacturing Establishments
by Pierre Therrien & Petr Hanel - 29-43 The Myths and Reality of Deindustrialization in Sweden: The Role of Productivity
by Daniel Lind - 44-81 Industrial Structural Change and the Post-2000 Output and Productivity Growth Slowdown: A Canada-U.S. Comparison
by Michael-John Almon & Jianmin Tang - 82-99 A Half-Century of Productivity Growth and Structural Change in Canadian Agriculture: An Overview
by Ricardo de Avillez
Spring 2011, Volume 21
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-23 Productivity and Economic Growth in Europe: A Comparative Industry Perspective
by Marcel P. Timmer & Robert Inklaar & Mary O'Mahony & Bart van Ark - 24-47 Industry Mix, Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth: A Case Study of the Transportation Equipment Industry in Canada
by Kelvin Chan & Jianmin Tang & Wulong Gu - 48-69 A Portrait of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Provinces, 1997-2007
by Ricardo de Avillez & Chris Ross - 70-81 Insights from Latin America for Canada: A Review Article on The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up
by Someshwar Rao - 82-94 Is Ageing a Drag on Productivity Growth? A Review Article on Ageing, Health and Productivity: The Economics of Increased Life Expectancy
by Andrew Sharpe
Fall 2010, Volume 20
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-21 Canada's Potential Productivity and Output Growth: A Post-Crisis Assessment
by Marcello Estevão & Evridiki Tsounta - 22-47 Sensitivity of Capital Stock and Multifactor Productivity Estimates to Depreciation Assumptions: A Canada-U.S. Comparison
by Jianmin Tang & Someshwar Rao & Min Li - 48-67 Insights into Canada’s Abysmal Post-2000 Productivity Performance from Decompositions of Labour Productivity Growth by Industry and Province
by Andrew Sharpe & Eric Thomson - 68-84 Finland’s Path to the Global Productivity Frontier through Creative Destruction
by Mika Maliranta & Petri Rouvinen & Pekka Ylä-Anttila - 85-102 Indian Manufacturing Productivity: What Caused the Growth Stagnation before the 1990s?
by Abhay Gupta
Spring 2010, Volume 19
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-19 Recent Productivity Developments in the World Economy: An Overview from The Conference Board Total Economy Database
by Vivian Chen & Abhay Gupta & Andre Therrien & Gad Levanon & Bart van Ark - 20-39 Aggregate Measures of Income and Output in Canada and the United States: Implications for Productivity and Living Standards
by Chris Ross & Alexander Murray - 40-49 Can Sectoral Reallocations of Labour Explain Canada’s Absymal Productivity Performance?
by Andrew Sharpe - 50-65 Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries
by Wulong Gu & Amélie Lafrance - 66-81 International Comparisons of Industry-based Productivity Levels in the Financial and Business Service Sectors
by Pamfili Antipa & Marie-Elisabeth de la Serve
Spring 2009, Volume 18
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-24 Education, Productivity and Economic Growth: A Selective Review of the Evidence
by Serge Coulombe & Jean-Francois Tremblay - 25-37 New Estimates of Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Provinces
by Andrew Sharpe & Jean-Francois Arsenault - 38-50 The UNIDO World Productivity Database: An Overview
by Anders Isaksson - 51-71 Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short
by Peter Nicholson - 72-79 Is Canada Really All That Bad At Innovation?: A Tale of Two Industries
by Richard Hawkins - 80-84 Bridging Canadian Technology SMEs Over the Valley of Death
by Jorge Niosi - 85-88 Some Reflections on the Expert Panel Report on Business Innovation in Canada
by Ian A. Stewart
Fall 2008, Volume 17
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-15 The Impact of Labour Market Policies on Productivity in OECD Countries
by Andrea Bassanini & Danielle Venn - 16-27 Why Have Real Wages Lagged Labour Productivity Growth in Canada?
by Andrew Sharpe & Jean-Francois Arsenault & Peter Harrison - 28-39 What Explains the ICT Diffusion Gap Between the Major Industrialized Countries: An Empirical Analysis?
by Gilbert Cette & Jimmy Lopez - 40-51 ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004
by Daniel Lind - 52-74 The Measurement of TFP in Argentina, 1990-2004: A Case of the Tyranny of Numbers, Economic Cycles and Methodology
by Ariel Coremberg - 75-80 Improving US National Accounts Integration and Consistency: A Review Article on A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts
by Jean-Pierre Villetelle
Spring 2008, Volume 16
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-13 Business Sector Productivity in Canada: What Do We Know?
by Paul Boothe & Richard Roy - 14-39 An Analysis of the Causes of Weak Labour Productivity Growth in Canada since 2000
by Jean-Francois Arsenault & Andrew Sharpe - 40-52 What Is To Be Done for Better productivity Measurement
by Erwin Diewert - 53-71 The State of Data for Services Productivity Measurement in the United States
by Jack E. Triplett & Barry P. Bosworth - 72-81 Data for Productivity Measurement in Market Services: An International Comparison
by Robert Inklaar & Marcel P. Timmer & Bart van Ark
Fall 2007, Volume 15
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-24 Product Market Regulation and Productivity Convergence: OECD Evidence and Implications for Canada
by Paul Conway & Giuseppe Nicoletti - 25-40 The Impact of Interprovincial Migration on Aggregate Output and Labour Productivity in Canada, 1987-2006
by Andrew Sharpe & Jean-Francois Arsenault & Daniel Ershov - 41-54 India: Productivity and Sustainable Consumption in OECD Countries: 1980-2005
by Dean Baker & David Rosnick - 55-74 Measuring Productivity Performance by Industry in China, 1980-2005
by Harry X. Wu - 75-80 Old and New Asset Boundaries: A Review Article on Measuring Capital in the New Economy
by Paul Schreyer
Spring 2007, Volume 14
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-19 The Early 21st Century U.S. Productivity Expansion is Still in Services
by Barry P. Bosworth & Jack E. Triplett - 20-37 Lessons for Canada from International Productivity Experience
by Andrew Sharpe - 38-52 India: Asia’s Next Productivity Success Story
by Joydeep Mukherji - 53-70 Can Measurement Error Explain the Weakness of Productivity Growth in the Canadian Construction Industry?
by Peter Harrison - 71-85 EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview
by Marcel P. Timmer & Mary O’Mahony & Bart van Ark
Fall 2006, Volume 13
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-20 Benchmarking Canada's Economic Performance
by Jean-Philippe Cotis - 21-26 The Economists' Manifesto for Curing Ailing Canadian Productivity
by Don Drummond - 27-45 Explaining Canada-U.S. Differences in Annual Hours Worked
by Alberto Isgut & Lance Bialas & James Milway - 46-56 Real GDP, Real GDI and Trading Gains: Canada, 1981-2005
by Ulrich Kohli - 57-74 How to Measure Government Productivity: A Review Article on 'Measurement of Government Output and Productivity for the National Accounts' (The Atkinson Report)
by Aled ab Iorwerth
Spring 2006, Volume 12
- 1-4 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 5-6 The Boskin Commission Report: Introduction to the Symposium and Implications for Productivity
by Jack E. Triplett - 7-22 The Boskin Commission Report: A Retrospective One Decade Later
by Robert J. Gordon - 23-41 The BLS Response to the Boskin Commission Report
by John S. Greenlees - 24-60 The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade
by Jack E. Triplett - 61-73 The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade: After-life or Requiem?
by Ernst R. Berndt - 74-83 Policy Implications of the Boskin Commission Report
by Martin Neil Baily - 84-93 Accounting for Growth from A to Z: Review Article on Information Technology and the American Growth Resurgence
by Daniel E. Sichel
Fall 2005, Volume 11
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-6 From Productivity to Well-Being: Keep the Focus on Basic Skills
by Pierre Fortin - 7-13 Productivity and Building Human Capital for the "Bottom Third"
by Andrew Jackson - 11-20 Fixing Fiscal Federalism to Improve Canada’s Productivity Performance
by James Milway - 21-38 What Explains the Canada-US ICT Investment Gap?
by Andrew Sharpe - 39-46 Fiscal Policy Can Raise Both Employment and Productivity
by William Scarth - 47-56 Manufacturing Productivity in Sweden: an International Perspective Since 1960
by Daniel Lind - 57-69 Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on "Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth"
by Erwin Diewert
Spring 2005, Volume 10
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-23 An Analysis of the Labour Productivity Growth Slowdown in Canada since 2000
by Someshwar Rao & Andrew Sharpe & Jeremy Smith - 24-44 Canada's Productivity Performance in International Perspective
by Dirk Pilat - 45-58 Explaining Productivity Growth: The Role of Demographics
by Paul Beaudry & Fabrice Collard & David A. Green - 59-68 Are Productivity Levels Higher in Some European Countries than in the United States?
by Gilbert Cette - 69-78 Productivity Trends in Asia Since 1980
by Noriyoshi Oguchi - 79-86 In Search of the Silver Bullet for Productivity Growth: A Review Article of The Power of Productivity and Transforming the European Economy
by Bart van Ark
Fall 2004, Volume 9
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-14 Measuring the Canada-U.S. Productivity Gap: Industry Dimensions
by Someshwar Rao & Jianmin Tang & Weimin Wang - 15-24 Ten Productivity Puzzles Facing Researchers
by Andrew Sharpe - 25-36 The Link between Technology Use, Human Capital, Productivity and Wages: Firm-level Evidence
by Julie Turcotte & Lori Whewell Rennison - 37-51 The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information and Communications Technology on Firm Performance
by Surendra Gera & Wulong Gu - 52-61 The Effect of Adjustment Costs and Organizational Change on Productivity in Canada: Evidence from Aggregate Data
by Danny Leung - 62-75 Productivity to Reduce Poverty: Study of a Micro-Level Institution in Peru
by Pierre-Olivier Pineau
Spring 2004, Volume 8
- 1-2 Editor’s Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-15 Endogenous Growth, Productivity and Economic Policy: A Progress Report
by Peter Howitt - 16-26 Recent Productivity Developments in Canada and the United States: Productivity Growth Deceleration versus Acceleration
by Andrew Sharpe - 27-36 Challenges of the “New Economy” for Monetary Policy
by Gilbert Cette & Christian Pfister - 37-46 ICT, Output and Productivity Growth in the United Kingdom: A Sectoral Analysis
by Giovanni Notaro - 47-58 Assessing Aggregate Labour Productivity Trends in Canada and the United States: Total Economy versus Business Sector Perspectives
by Jeremy Smith - 59-65 The OECD Productivity Database: An Overview
by Dirk Pilat & Paul Schreyer - 66-80 Productivity Growth in Services Industries: Is There a Role for Measurement?
by Anita Wölfl - 81-84 Understanding Economic Growth: Review Article of Why Economies Grow
by Andrew Sharpe
Fall 2003, Volume 7
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-23 The Growth Story: Canada's Long-run Economic Performance and Prospects
by Peter J. Nicholson - 24-38 Canada's Recent Productivity Record and Capital Accumulation
by Someshwar Rao & Jianmin Tang & Weimin Wang - 39-43 Why Net Domestic Product Should Replace Gross Domestic Product as a Measure of Economic Growth
by Roland Spant - 44-45 Symposium on Future Productivity Growth in Canada: An Introduction
by Andrew Sharpe - 46-49 A Perspective on Future Productivity Growth in Canada
by Thomas A. Wilson - 50-57 Future Productivity Growth in Canada: Comparing to the United States
by Tiff Macklem - 58-65 Future Productivity Growth in Canada: The Role of the Service Sector
by Benoit Robidoux - 66-70 The Source of Economic Growth in OECD Countries: A Review Article
by Martin Neil Baily
Spring 2003, Volume 6
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-18 Lessons for Canada from the U.S. Growth Resurgence
by Dale W. Jorgenson & Mun S. Ho & Kevin J. Stiroh - 19-37 Why are Americans More Productive than Canadians?
by Andrew Sharpe - 38-46 Differences in Annual Work Hours per Capita between the United States and Canada
by Pierre Fortin - 47-55 Has Trend Productivity Growth Increased in Canada?
by Benoît Robidoux & Bing-Sun Wong - 56-63 The Contribution of ICT-Producing and ICT-Using Industries to Productivity Growth: A Comparison of Canada, Europe and the United States
by Bart van Ark & Robert Inklaar & Robert H. McGuckin - 64-71 International Productivity Comparisons: An Examination of Data Sources
by Jeremy Smith - 72-74 Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity: A Review Article
by Jeff Madrick
Fall 2002, Volume 5
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-22 The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing
by Jeffrey I. Bernstein & Richard G. Harris & Andrew Sharpe - 23-40 Raising Canadian Living Standards: A Framework for Analysis
by Andrew Sharpe - 41-52 What Have Two Decades of British Economic Reform Delivered in Terms of Productivity Growth?
by David Card & Richard B. Freeman - 53-63 Productivity and Policy Reform in Australia
by Dean Parham - 64-77 Guide to the Measurement of Government Productivity
by Andrew Hughes - 78-81 Productivity Issues in Canada: A Review Article
by Ian A. Stewart
Spring 2002, Volume 4
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-14 Recent Productivity Development in the United States and Canada: Implications for the Canada-U.S. Productivity and Income Gap
by Andrew Sharpe - 15-26 The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity
by Someshwar Rao & Jianmin Tang & Weimin Wang - 27-38 The Diffusion of ICTs and Growth of the French Economy over the Long-term, 1980-2000
by Gilbert Cette & Jacques Mairesse & Yusuf Kocoglu - 39-54 The Roots of the New Economy: An Institutional Perspective
by Pascal Petit - 53-63 What Have We Learned About Productivity in the Last Two Decades?: A Review Article on New Developments in Productivity Analysis
by Andrew Sharpe
Fall 2001, Volume 3
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-18 The Contribution of ICTs to Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States in the 1990s
by Someshwar Rao & Jianmin Tang - 19-31 The Irish Economic Boom: What Can We Learn?
by Pierre Fortin - 32-44 Productivity Growth in the OECD Area: Some Recent Findings
by Dirk Pilat - 44-51 The ICOP Manufacturing Database: International Comparisons of Productivity Levels
by Bart van Ark & Marcel Timmer - 52-68 Productivity Trends in the Construction Sector in Canada: A Case of Lagging Technical Progress
by Andrew Sharpe - 69-78 Review Article on The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective by Angus Maddison
by Andrew Sharpe
Spring 2001, Volume 2
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-10 Determinants of Trends in Living Standards in Canada and the United States, 1989-2000
by Andrew Sharpe - 11-18 The Importance of Innovation for Productivity
by Someshwar Rao & Ashfaq Ahmad & William Horsman & Phaedra Kaptein-Russell - 19-30 What's New About the New Economy? IT, Economic Growth and Productivity
by Barry P. Bosworth & Jack E. Triplett - 31-36 Is IT Driving the U.S. Productivity Revival?
by Kevin J. Stiroh - 37-51 The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity
by Paul Schreyer - 52-58 Review Article on Productivity Growth in Canada and on Industry-level Productivity and International Competitiveness Between Canada and the United States
by Andrew Sharpe
Fall 2000, Volume 1
- 1-2 Editor's Overview
by Andrew Sharpe - 3-5 The New Economy and Trend Productivity Growth in Canada
by Andrew Sharpe & Leila Gharani - 6-8 The Productivity Renaissance in the U.S. Service Sector
by Andrew Sharpe - 9-16 A Regional Perspective on the Canada-US Standard of Living Comparisons
by Raynald Létourneau & Martine Lajoie - 17-22 Productiivity Convergence among OECD Countries: The Postwar Experience
by Edward N. Wolff - 23-28 Price Cap Regulation and Productivity Growth
by Jeffrey I. Bernstein - 31-40 What Does Total Factor Productivity Measure?
by Richard G. Lipsey & Kenneth Carlaw - 41-44 Labour or Total Factor Productivity: Do We Need to Choose?
by Timothy C. Sargent & Edgard R. Rodriguez - 45-52 The Challenge of Total Factor Productivity
by Erwin Diewert