International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2026

Current editor(s): Stephen Tapp

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Editors' Overview pp. 1-4: Stephen Tapp, Bart van Ark and Paul Schreyer
The Potential for Sustained Productivity Impetus from GenAI pp. 5-26: Martin Neil Baily, David M. Byrne, Aidan T. Kane and Paul E. Soto
The Productivity J-Curve from an International Perspective: Is the United States Unique? pp. 27-47: Ahmed Bounfour, Kazuma Edamura, Takayuki Ishikawa, Tsutomu Miyagawa, Alberto Nonnis and Konomi Tonogi
Does the Import Invasion Explain the Disappearance of Productivity Growth in U.S. Manufacturing? pp. 49-78: Robert J. Gordon and Kenneth Ryu
The Anatomy of the U.S. Manufacturing Productivity Slowdown: Evidence from Firms and Industries pp. 79-98: Danial Lashkari and Jeremy Pearce
Productivity Growth in the U.S. Medical Care Sector: An Analysis Using the BEA's Health Care Satellite Account pp. 99-128: Calvin Ackley, Abe Dunn, Eli Liebman and John A. Romley
Addressing Canada's High Cost of Living: The Role of Productivity and Bargaining Power pp. 129-142: Claude Lavoie

Editors' Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark and Paul Schreyer
The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada pp. 3-40: Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Océane Vernerey
Adult Skills and Productivity: New Evidence from PIAAC 2023 pp. 41-63: Dan Andrews, Balázs Égert and Christine de La Maisonneuve
Labour Productivity as a Measure of Technological Change pp. 64-81: Ulrich Kohli
The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth pp. 82-102: Robin Shaban
Efficiency Adjustment of Hours Worked: Two Possible Modifications of a Jorgensen Production Model pp. 103-115: Barbara Fraumeni
Is the SNA Still Useful? A Review Article on The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters pp. 116-124: Paul Schreyer

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark and Paul Schreyer
Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence for Productivity pp. 3-28: Francesco Filippucci, Peter Gal, Katharina Laengle, Matthias Schief and Filiz Unsal
The UK Productivity Slowdown: A Review of Timing, Magnitude, and Drivers pp. 29-62: Josh Martin
Are UK Regional Productivity Disparities Really Narrowing? An Investigation into Recent Productivity Data Revisions pp. 63-84: Fokke Reitze Gouma, Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argiles
ONS Response to “Are UK Regional Productivity Disparities Really Narrowing?” pp. 85-89: Richard Prothero
New Measures of Public Service Productivity: Lessons and Results from the United Kingdom pp. 90-114: Richard Heys
De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? pp. 115-137: Paul Fisher
The Challenges of Productivity Measurement — Review Article on *The Measure of Economies: Measuring Productivity in an Age of Technological Change* pp. 139-143: Chad Syverson

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe and Bart van Ark
Could Domestic Industrial Policies, Even With Global Fragmentation, Revive Productivity? pp. 3-19: Catherine L. Mann
Productivity and Industrial Policy by Design: The UK Experience pp. 20-38: Diane Coyle and Ayantola Alayande
How Does Industrial Policy Impact Output, Hours and Productivity? The Canadian Experience pp. 39-53: Tim Sargent
Climate Change and Productivity– An Exploration pp. 54-86: Dirk Pilat
Using Ecosystem Accounting to Integrate the Environment in Measures of Multifactor Productivity pp. 87-108: Carl Obst
Eroding Natural Capital: An Alternative Explanation for the Secular Decline in Productivity Growth pp. 109-147: Christina Caron

Editors’ Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe and Bart van Ark
Intangible Capital, TFP Growth and Green Shoots in New Productivity Data pp. 3-37: Filippo Bontadini, Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Massimiliano Iommi, Cecilia Jona-Lasinio and Tsutomu Miyagawa
Are Intangibles Running out of Steam? pp. 38-59: Bart van Ark, Klaas de Vries and Abdul Azeez Erumban
Cracking the Productivity Code: An International Comparison of UK Productivity pp. 60-82: John van Reenen and Xuyi Yang
Accounting for the Decline of Canada’s Real GDP Per Capita since Mid-2022 pp. 83-100: Philip Smith
Employment, Output and Productivity Adjustment During the Great Recession: The Role of Managerial Quality pp. 101-108: Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Jacques Mairesse and Giuseppe Nicoletti

Editors’ Overview pp. 1-4: Andrew Sharpe and Bart van Ark
Decomposing Canada’s Post-2000 Productivity Performance and Pandemic Era Productivity Slowdown pp. 5-27: Chris Haun and Tim Sargent
The Post-2001 Productivity Growth Divergence between Canada and the United States pp. 27-60: Wulong Gu and Michael Willox
A Critical Juncture: Assessing Canada's Productivity Performance and Future Prospects pp. 61-92: Carlos Rosell, Kaleigh Dowsett and Nelson Paterson
Recent Productivity Trends in Canada: Navigating the Twin Transitions of Green and Digitalization pp. 93-119: Jonathan Barr, Peter Foltin and Jianmin Tang
Canada’s Patent Productivity Paradox: Recent Trends and Implications for Future Productivity Growth pp. 120-154: Iain Cockburn, Megan MacGarvie and John McKeon
Measuring Capital and Multifactor Productivity: The Role of Asset Depreciation and Initial Capital Stock Estimates pp. 155-177: Pierre-Alain Pionnier, Maria Belen Zinni and Kéa Baret
Capacity Utilization and Production Function Estimation: Implications for Productivity Analysis pp. 178-199: Jianmin Tang and Weimin Wang
Measuring Productivity: The Response of National Statistical Institutes to the OECD’s Productivity and Capital Manuals pp. 200-225: Nicholas Oulton

Editors’ Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe and Bart van Ark
The Rise of Pro-Productivity Institutions: A Review of Recent Developments pp. 3-33: Dirk Pilat
Fuller Measures of Output, Input and Productivity in the Non-Profit Sector: A Proof of Concept for the United Kingdom pp. 34-66: Josh Martin and Jon Franklin
Capital Measurement and Productivity Growth Across International Databases pp. 67-88: Reitze Gouma and Robert Inklaar
The Falling Productivity in West Asian Arab Countries Since the 1980s: Causes, Consequences, and Cures pp. 89-119: Abdul Azeez Erumban
Lessons from a Career in Productivity Research: Some Answers, A Glimpse of the Future, and Much Left to Learn pp. 120-149: Martin Neil Baily