International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2026

Current editor(s): Stephen Tapp

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Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Product Market Regulation and Productivity Convergence: OECD Evidence and Implications for Canada pp. 3-24: Paul Conway and Giuseppe Nicoletti
The Impact of Interprovincial Migration on Aggregate Output and Labour Productivity in Canada, 1987-2006 pp. 25-40: Andrew Sharpe, Jean-Francois Arsenault and Daniel Ershov
India: Productivity and Sustainable Consumption in OECD Countries: 1980-2005 pp. 41-54: Dean Baker and David Rosnick
Measuring Productivity Performance by Industry in China, 1980-2005 pp. 55-74: Harry Wu
Old and New Asset Boundaries: A Review Article on Measuring Capital in the New Economy pp. 75-80: Paul Schreyer

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
The Early 21st Century U.S. Productivity Expansion is Still in Services pp. 3-19: Barry Bosworth and Jack E. Triplett
Lessons for Canada from International Productivity Experience pp. 20-37: Andrew Sharpe
India: Asia’s Next Productivity Success Story pp. 38-52: Joydeep Mukherji
Can Measurement Error Explain the Weakness of Productivity Growth in the Canadian Construction Industry? pp. 53-70: Peter Harrison
EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview pp. 71-85: Marcel Timmer, Mary O’Mahony and Bart van Ark

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Benchmarking Canada's Economic Performance pp. 3-20: Jean-Philippe Cotis
The Economists' Manifesto for Curing Ailing Canadian Productivity pp. 21-26: Don Drummond
Explaining Canada-U.S. Differences in Annual Hours Worked pp. 27-45: Alberto Isgut, Lance Bialas and James Milway
Real GDP, Real GDI and Trading Gains: Canada, 1981-2005 pp. 46-56: Ulrich Kohli
How to Measure Government Productivity: A Review Article on 'Measurement of Government Output and Productivity for the National Accounts' (The Atkinson Report) pp. 57-74: Aled ab Iorwerth

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-4: Andrew Sharpe
The Boskin Commission Report: Introduction to the Symposium and Implications for Productivity pp. 5-6: Jack E. Triplett
The Boskin Commission Report: A Retrospective One Decade Later pp. 7-22: Robert Gordon
The BLS Response to the Boskin Commission Report pp. 23-41: John S. Greenlees
The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade pp. 24-60: Jack E. Triplett
The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade: After-life or Requiem? pp. 61-73: Ernst R. Berndt
Policy Implications of the Boskin Commission Report pp. 74-83: Martin Neil Baily
Accounting for Growth from A to Z: Review Article on Information Technology and the American Growth Resurgence pp. 84-93: Daniel Sichel

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
From Productivity to Well-Being: Keep the Focus on Basic Skills pp. 3-6: Pierre Fortin
Productivity and Building Human Capital for the "Bottom Third" pp. 7-13: Andrew Jackson
Fixing Fiscal Federalism to Improve Canada’s Productivity Performance pp. 11-20: James Milway
What Explains the Canada-US ICT Investment Gap? pp. 21-38: Andrew Sharpe
Fiscal Policy Can Raise Both Employment and Productivity pp. 39-46: William Scarth
Manufacturing Productivity in Sweden: an International Perspective Since 1960 pp. 47-56: Daniel Lind
Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on "Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth" pp. 57-69: Walter Diewert

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
An Analysis of the Labour Productivity Growth Slowdown in Canada since 2000 pp. 3-23: Someshwar Rao, Andrew Sharpe and Jeremy Smith
Canada's Productivity Performance in International Perspective pp. 24-44: Dirk Pilat
Explaining Productivity Growth: The Role of Demographics pp. 45-58: Paul Beaudry, Fabrice Collard and David Green
Are Productivity Levels Higher in Some European Countries than in the United States? pp. 59-68: Gilbert Cette
Productivity Trends in Asia Since 1980 pp. 69-78: Noriyoshi Oguchi
In Search of the Silver Bullet for Productivity Growth: A Review Article of The Power of Productivity and Transforming the European Economy pp. 79-86: Bart van Ark

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Measuring the Canada-U.S. Productivity Gap: Industry Dimensions pp. 3-14: Someshwar Rao, Jianmin Tang and Weimin Wang
Ten Productivity Puzzles Facing Researchers pp. 15-24: Andrew Sharpe
The Link between Technology Use, Human Capital, Productivity and Wages: Firm-level Evidence pp. 25-36: Julie Turcotte and Lori Whewell Rennison
The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information and Communications Technology on Firm Performance pp. 37-51: Surendra Gera and Wulong Gu
The Effect of Adjustment Costs and Organizational Change on Productivity in Canada: Evidence from Aggregate Data pp. 52-61: Danny Leung
Productivity to Reduce Poverty: Study of a Micro-Level Institution in Peru pp. 62-75: Pierre-Olivier Pineau

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2: Andrew Sharpe
Endogenous Growth, Productivity and Economic Policy: A Progress Report pp. 3-15: Peter Howitt
Recent Productivity Developments in Canada and the United States: Productivity Growth Deceleration versus Acceleration pp. 16-26: Andrew Sharpe
Challenges of the “New Economy” for Monetary Policy pp. 27-36: Gilbert Cette and Christian Pfister
ICT, Output and Productivity Growth in the United Kingdom: A Sectoral Analysis pp. 37-46: Giovanni Notaro
Assessing Aggregate Labour Productivity Trends in Canada and the United States: Total Economy versus Business Sector Perspectives pp. 47-58: Jeremy Smith
The OECD Productivity Database: An Overview pp. 59-65: Dirk Pilat and Paul Schreyer
Productivity Growth in Services Industries: Is There a Role for Measurement? pp. 66-80: Anita Wölfl
Understanding Economic Growth: Review Article of Why Economies Grow pp. 81-84: Andrew Sharpe