International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2024

Current editor(s): Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director

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Volume 27, month Fall, 2014

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

Volume 26, month Fall, 2013

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

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

Volume 25, month Fall, 2013

A Sectoral Analysis of Ontario's Weak Productivity Growth pp. 20-35

Peter Spiro

Volume 25, month Spring, 2013

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

Volume 24, month Fall, 2012

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

Volume 23, month Spring, 2012

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

Stimulating Innovation: Is Canada Pursuing the Right Policies? pp. 3-16

Marcel Côté and Roger Miller

The Effects of Computer Technologies on the Canadian Economy: Evidence from New Direct Measures pp. 17-32

Michelle Alexopoulos and Jon Cohen

Why Aren’t Workers Benefiting from Labour Productivity Growth in the United States? pp. 31-43

Lawrence Mishel and Kar-Fai Gee

Employment and Productivity: Disentangling Employment Structure and Qualification Effects pp. 44-54

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

Aled ab Iorwerth

Volume 22, month Fall, 2011

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

Confessions of a Serial Productivity Researcher pp. 3-10

Don Drummond

Innovation and Productivity: Summary Results for Canadian Manufacturing Establishments pp. 11-28

Pierre Therrien and Petr Hanel

The Myths and Reality of Deindustrialization in Sweden: The Role of Productivity pp. 29-43

Daniel Lind

Industrial Structural Change and the Post-2000 Output and Productivity Growth Slowdown: A Canada-U.S. Comparison pp. 44-81

Michael-John Almon and Jianmin Tang

A Half-Century of Productivity Growth and Structural Change in Canadian Agriculture: An Overview pp. 82-99

Ricardo de Avillez

Volume 21, month Spring, 2011

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

Productivity and Economic Growth in Europe: A Comparative Industry Perspective pp. 3-23

Marcel 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

Kelvin Chan, Jianmin Tang and Wulong Gu

A Portrait of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Provinces, 1997-2007 pp. 48-69

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

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

Andrew Sharpe