International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2026

Current editor(s): Stephen Tapp

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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

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

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

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Canada's Potential Productivity and Output Growth: A Post-Crisis Assessment pp. 3-21: Marcello Estevão and Evridiki Tsounta
Sensitivity of Capital Stock and Multifactor Productivity Estimates to Depreciation Assumptions: A Canada-U.S. Comparison pp. 22-47: 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: Andrew Sharpe and Eric Thomson
Finland’s Path to the Global Productivity Frontier through Creative Destruction pp. 68-84: Mika Maliranta, Petri Rouvinen and Pekka Ylä-Anttila
Indian Manufacturing Productivity: What Caused the Growth Stagnation before the 1990s? pp. 85-102: Abhay Gupta

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Recent Productivity Developments in the World Economy: An Overview from The Conference Board Total Economy Database pp. 3-19: 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: Chris Ross and Alexander Murray
Can Sectoral Reallocations of Labour Explain Canada’s Absymal Productivity Performance? pp. 40-49: Andrew Sharpe
Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries pp. 50-65: Wulong Gu and Amelie Lafrance
International Comparisons of Industry-based Productivity Levels in the Financial and Business Service Sectors pp. 66-81: Pamfili Antipa and Marie-Elisabeth de la Serve

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

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
The Impact of Labour Market Policies on Productivity in OECD Countries pp. 3-15: Andrea Bassanini and Danielle Venn
Why Have Real Wages Lagged Labour Productivity Growth in Canada? pp. 16-27: Andrew Sharpe, Jean-Francois Arsenault and Peter Harrison
What Explains the ICT Diffusion Gap Between the Major Industrialized Countries: An Empirical Analysis? pp. 28-39: Gilbert Cette and Jimmy Lopez
ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004 pp. 40-51: Daniel Lind
The Measurement of TFP in Argentina, 1990-2004: A Case of the Tyranny of Numbers, Economic Cycles and Methodology pp. 52-74: Ariel Coremberg
Improving US National Accounts Integration and Consistency: A Review Article on A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts pp. 75-80: Jean-Pierre Villetelle

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Business Sector Productivity in Canada: What Do We Know? pp. 3-13: Paul Boothe and Richard Roy
An Analysis of the Causes of Weak Labour Productivity Growth in Canada since 2000 pp. 14-39: Jean-Francois Arsenault and Andrew Sharpe
What Is To Be Done for Better productivity Measurement pp. 40-52: Walter Diewert
The State of Data for Services Productivity Measurement in the United States pp. 53-71: Jack E. Triplett and Barry Bosworth
Data for Productivity Measurement in Market Services: An International Comparison pp. 72-81: Robert Inklaar, Marcel Timmer and Bart van Ark