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International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2013

Edited by Executive Director Andrew Sharpe

from Centre for the Study of Living Standards
151 Slater Street, Suite 710, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3.
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Volume 25, issue Spring, 2013

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
U.S. Productivity Growth: An Optimistic Perspective pp. 3-12 Downloads
Martin Neil Baily, James Manyika and Shalabh Gupta
U.S. Productivity Growth: The Slowdown Has Returned After a Temporary Revival pp. 13-19 Downloads
Robert J. Gordon
Is the Information Technology Revolution Over? pp. 20-36 Downloads
David M. Byrne, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel Sichel
Will History Repeat Itself? Comments on “Is the Information Technology Revolution Over?” pp. 37-40 Downloads
Chad Syverson
Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice? pp. 41-60 Downloads
Andrea De Michelis, Marcello Estevão and Beth Anne Wilson
Comments on "Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice?" pp. 61-64 Downloads
Barbara M. Fraumeni
European Productivity Growth Since 2000 and Future Prospects pp. 65-83 Downloads
Bart van Ark, Vivian Chen and Kirsten Jäger
Comments on "European Productivity Growth Since 2000 and Future Prospects" pp. 84-87 Downloads
Pascal Petit

Volume 24, issue Fall, 2012

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-4 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
The World KLEMS Initiative pp. 5-19 Downloads
Dale W. Jorgenson
Human Capital Productivity: A New Concept for Productivity Analysis pp. 20-26 Downloads
Barbara M. Fraumeni
New Estimates of Real Income and Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Business Sector, 1961-2011 pp. 27-48 Downloads
Walter Erwin Diewert and Emily Yu
Estimating Capital Input for Measuring Business Sector Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada: Response to Diewert and Yu pp. 49-62 Downloads
Wulong Gu
Rejoinder to Gu on "Estimating Capital Input for Measuring Business Sector Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada" pp. 63-72 Downloads
Walter Erwin Diewert
Comment on "Estimating Capital Input for Measuring Business Sector Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada" pp. 73-75 Downloads
Paul Schreyer
Difficulties Assessing Multifactor Productivity for Canada pp. 76-84 Downloads
Michael J. Harper, Alice O. Nakamura and Lu Zhang
The Long-term Outlook for Productivity and Per Capita Income Growth for Canada: A Comparison with Selected G-20 Countries pp. 85-96 Downloads
Peter Jarrett
Sectoral Contributions to Labour Productivity Growth in Canada: Does the Choice of Decomposition Formula Matter? pp. 97-117 Downloads
Ricardo de Avillez
The Political Economy of Economic and Productivity Growth: An Interview with Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Authors of "Why Nations Fail" pp. 118-125 Downloads
Christopher Ragan

Volume 23, issue Spring, 2012

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Stimulating Innovation: Is Canada Pursuing the Right Policies? pp. 3-16 Downloads
Marcel Côté
The Effects of Computer Technologies on the Canadian Economy: Evidence from New Direct Measures pp. 17-32 Downloads
Michelle Alexopoulos and Jon Cohen
Why Aren’t Workers Benefiting from Labour Productivity Growth in the United States? pp. 31-43 Downloads
Lawrence Mishel and Kar-Fai Gee
Employment and Productivity: Disentangling Employment Structure and Qualification Effects pp. 44-54 Downloads
Renaud Bourlès, Gilbert Cette and Anastasia Cozarenco
To Capture Production or Wellbeing? A Review Article on Towards Measuring the Volume Output of Education and Health Services: A Handbook pp. 55-70 Downloads
Aled ab Iorwerth

Volume 22, issue Fall, 2011

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Confessions of a Serial Productivity Researcher pp. 3-10 Downloads
Don Drummond
Innovation and Productivity: Summary Results for Canadian Manufacturing Establishments pp. 11-28 Downloads
Pierre Therrien and Petr Hanel
The Myths and Reality of Deindustrialization in Sweden: The Role of Productivity pp. 29-43 Downloads
Daniel Lind
A Half-Century of Productivity Growth and Structural Change in Canadian Agriculture: An Overview pp. 82-99 Downloads
Ricardo de Avillez

Volume 21, issue Spring, 2011

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Productivity and Economic Growth in Europe: A Comparative Industry Perspective pp. 3-23 Downloads
Marcel Peter Timmer, Robert Inklaar, Mary O'Mahony and Bart van Ark
Industry Mix, Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth: A Case Study of the Transportation Equipment Industry in Canada pp. 24-47 Downloads
Kelvin Ka Yin Chan, Jianmin Tang and Wulong Gu
A Portrait of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Provinces, 1997-2007 pp. 48-69 Downloads
Ricardo de Avillez and Chris Ross
Insights from Latin America for Canada: A Review Article on The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up pp. 70-81 Downloads
Someshwar Rao
Is Ageing a Drag on Productivity Growth? A Review Article on Ageing, Health and Productivity: The Economics of Increased Life Expectancy pp. 82-94 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe

Volume 20, issue Fall, 2010

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Canada's Potential Productivity and Output Growth: A Post-Crisis Assessment pp. 3-21 Downloads
Marcello de Moura Estevao and Evridiki Tsounta
Sensitivity of Capital Stock and Multifactor Productivity Estimates to Depreciation Assumptions: A Canada-U.S. Comparison pp. 22-47 Downloads
Jianmin Tang, Someshwar Rao and Min Li
Insights into Canada’s Abysmal Post-2000 Productivity Performance from Decompositions of Labour Productivity Growth by Industry and Province pp. 48-67 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe and Eric Thomson
Finland’s Path to the Global Productivity Frontier through Creative Destruction pp. 68-84 Downloads
Mika Maliranta, Petri Rouvinen and Pekka Ylä-Anttila
Indian Manufacturing Productivity: What Caused the Growth Stagnation before the 1990s? pp. 85-102 Downloads
Abhay Gupta

Volume 19, issue Spring, 2010

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Recent Productivity Developments in the World Economy: An Overview from The Conference Board Total Economy Database pp. 3-19 Downloads
Vivian Chen, Abhay Gupta, Andre Therrien, Gad Levanon and Bart van Ark
Aggregate Measures of Income and Output in Canada and the United States: Implications for Productivity and Living Standards pp. 20-39 Downloads
Chris Ross and Alexander Murray
Can Sectoral Reallocations of Labour Explain Canada’s Absymal Productivity Performance? pp. 40-49 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries pp. 50-65 Downloads
Wulong Gu and Amelie Lafrance
International Comparisons of Industry-based Productivity Levels in the Financial and Business Service Sectors pp. 66-81 Downloads
Pamfili Antipa and Marie-Elisabeth de la Serve

Volume 18, issue Spring, 2009

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe
Education, Productivity and Economic Growth: A Selective Review of the Evidence pp. 3-24 Downloads
Serge Coulombe and Jean-François Tremblay
New Estimates of Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Provinces pp. 25-37 Downloads
Andrew Sharpe and Jean-Francois Arsenault
The UNIDO World Productivity Database: An Overview pp. 38-50 Downloads
Anders Isaksson
Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short pp. 51-71 Downloads
Peter Nicholson
Is Canada Really All That Bad At Innovation?: A Tale of Two Industries pp. 72-79 Downloads
Richard Hawkins
Bridging Canadian Technology SMEs Over the Valley of Death pp. 80-84 Downloads
Jorge E. Niosi
Some Reflections on the Expert Panel Report on Business Innovation in Canada pp. 85-88 Downloads
Ian A. Stewart
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