Productivity: Key to Economic Success

Centre for the Study of Living Standards

No 1998-01, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: This report provides a comprehensive overview of the productivity issue. It reviews productivity concepts and trends, examines the determinants of productivity growth in the Canadian context, discusses key issues in the productivity literature, and outlines certain private sector actions and public policies to improve productivity.

Keywords: labour productivity; total factor productivity; productivity measurement; productivity growth; capital accumulation; technological progress; labour quality; industrial structure; productivity paradox; competitiveness; Atlantic Canada; Canada; OECD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-03
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