International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2026

Current editor(s): Stephen Tapp

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Editor's Overview pp. 1-3: Andrew Sharpe
Are GDP and Productivity Up to the Challenges of the Digital Economy? pp. 4-27: Nadim Ahmad and Paul Schreyer
Productivity in Mexico: Trends, Drivers and Institutional Framework pp. 28-42: José López-Córdova and Juan Rebolledo Márquez Padilla
A Comparison of Productivity Developments in Canada and Australia: Lessons for Canada pp. 43-63: Evan Capeluck
Productivity Growth in U.S. Agriculture: 1948-2013 pp. 64-76: V. Eldon Ball, Richard Nehring and Sun Ling Wang
Estimating Total Factor Productivity Growth: Canadian Freight Railways, 1986 to 2009 pp. 77-97: James Uguccioni
Productivity to the Rescue: Review Article on the McKinsey Global Institute Report Global Growth: Can Productivity Save the Day in an Aging World? pp. 98-110: Andrew Sharpe
Do Poor Countries Catch Up to Rich Countries? Review Article on Productivity Convergence: Theory and Evidence by Edward Wolff pp. 111-117: Jonathan Haskel
New and Promising Ideas in the Productivity Field: Review Article on Think Like an Enterprise: Why Nations Need Comprehensive Productivity Strategies by Robert Atkinson pp. 118-124: Don Drummond

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
The Role of Productivity in Long-Term Economic and Fiscal Projections for the Canadian Provinces and Territories, 2014-2038 pp. 3-17: Don Drummond and Evan Capeluck
Productivity in Residential Care Facilities in Canada, 1984-2009 pp. 18-37: Wulong Gu and Jiang Li
Comparing Agricultural Total Factor Productivity between Australia, Canada, and the United States, 1961-2006 pp. 38-59: Yu Sheng, Eldon Ball and Katerina Nossal
Reconciling Gross Output TFP Growth with Value Added TFP Growth pp. 60-67: Walter Diewert
On the Relationship between Gross Output-based TFP Growth and Value Added-based TFP Growth: An Illustration Using Data from Australian Industries pp. 68-82: Matthew Calver
Progress on the Mystery of Productivity: A Review Article on the OECD Report 'The Future of Productivity' pp. 83-88: Don Drummond

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Measuring Industry Contributions to Labour Productivity Change: A New Formula in a Chained Fisher Index Framework pp. 3-26: Marshall Reinsdorf
Closing the Aboriginal Education Gap in Canada: The Impact on Employment, GDP, and Labour Productivity pp. 27-46: Matthew Calver
Why Isn't Productivity More Popular? A Bargaining Power Approach to the Pay/Productivity Linkage in Canada pp. 47-62: Mathieu Dufour and Ellen Russell
Employment and Productivity: Exploring the Trade-off pp. 63-80: Jianmin Tang
Contribution of ICT Diffusion to Labour Productivity Growth: The United States, Canada, the Eurozone, and the United Kingdom, 1970-2013 pp. 81-88: Gilbert Cette, Christian Clerc and Lea Bresson

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-3: Andrew Sharpe
Priorities and Directions for Future Productivity Research: An OECD Perspective pp. 7-9: Paul Schreyer
Priorities and Directions for Future Productivity Research: A BEA Perspective pp. 10-13: Dennis Fixler
Priorities and Directions for Future Productivity Research: Health Care, Intangible Capital and High-tech pp. 14-16: Daniel Sichel
Priorities and Directions for Future Productivity Research: The Need for Historical Perspective pp. 17-19: Bart van Ark
Frontiers and Opportunities in Productivity Research pp. 20-21: Barbara M. Fraumeni
Intangible Assets and their Contribution to Labour Productivity Growth in Ontario pp. 22-39: Tatiana Muntean
The Impact of the Oil Boom on Canada's Labour Productivity Performance, 2000-2012 pp. 40-63: Andrew Sharpe and Bert Waslander
On Productivity: The Influence of Natural Resource Inputs pp. 64-78: Vernon Topp and Tony Kulys
An Analysis of Productivity Trends in the Canadian Forest Products Sector, 2000-2012 pp. 79-100: Ricardo de Avillez

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Explaining Slower Productivity Growth: The Role of Weak Demand Growth pp. 3-19: Someshwar Rao and Jiang Li
A Sectoral Analysis of Ontario's Weak Productivity Growth pp. 20-35: Peter Spiro
Multifactor Productivity Growwth Estimation in Canada and the United States: Do Different Methodologies Matter? pp. 36-62: Jiang Li, Larry Shute and Jianmin Tang
Can the Canada-U.S. ICT Investment Gap be a Measurement Issue? pp. 63-85: Vikram Rai and Andrew Sharpe
Improving Canada's Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research pp. 86-93: Don Drummond, Annette Ryan and Michael Veall
Mastering Leviathan: A Review Article on "Growing the Productivity of Government Services" pp. 94-107: Aled ab Iorwerth

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

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-4: Andrew Sharpe
The World KLEMS Initiative pp. 5-19: Dale Jorgenson
Human Capital Productivity: A New Concept for Productivity Analysis pp. 20-26: Barbara M. Fraumeni
New Estimates of Real Income and Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Business Sector, 1961-2011 pp. 27-48: Walter Diewert and Emily Yu
Estimating Capital Input for Measuring Business Sector Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada: Response to Diewert and Yu pp. 49-62: Wulong Gu
Rejoinder to Gu on "Estimating Capital Input for Measuring Business Sector Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada" pp. 63-72: Walter Diewert
Comment on "Estimating Capital Input for Measuring Business Sector Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada" pp. 73-75: Paul Schreyer
Difficulties Assessing Multifactor Productivity for Canada pp. 76-84: Michael J. Harper, Alice 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: Peter Jarrett
Sectoral Contributions to Labour Productivity Growth in Canada: Does the Choice of Decomposition Formula Matter? pp. 97-117: 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: Christopher Ragan