A Detailed Analysis of Nova Soctia;s Productivty Performance, 1997-2010

Andrew Sharpe () and Ricardo de Avillez ()

No 2012-05, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: Despite labour productivity growth somewhat above the national average over the 1997-2000 period, Nova Scotia’s level of business sector output per hour in 2010 was only 75.7 per cent that of Canada. This report provides a detailed analysis of Nova Scotia’s labour and capital productivity performance and the factors behind this performance. It identifies weak machinery and equipment investment and low levels of business R&D as the two factors most responsible for the province’s productivity gap.

Date: 2012-06
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