International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2024

Current editor(s): Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director

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Volume 5, month Fall, 2002

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing pp. 3-22

Jeffrey Bernstein, Richard Harris and Andrew Sharpe

Raising Canadian Living Standards: A Framework for Analysis pp. 23-40

Andrew Sharpe

What Have Two Decades of British Economic Reform Delivered in Terms of Productivity Growth? pp. 41-52

David Card and Richard Freeman

Productivity and Policy Reform in Australia pp. 53-63

Dean Parham

Guide to the Measurement of Government Productivity pp. 64-77

Andrew Hughes

Productivity Issues in Canada: A Review Article pp. 78-81

Ian A. Stewart

Volume 4, month Spring, 2002

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

Recent Productivity Development in the United States and Canada: Implications for the Canada-U.S. Productivity and Income Gap pp. 3-14

Andrew Sharpe

The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity pp. 15-26

Someshwar Rao, Jianmin Tang and Weimin Wang

The Diffusion of ICTs and Growth of the French Economy over the Long-term, 1980-2000 pp. 27-38

Gilbert Cette, Jacques Mairesse and Yusuf Kocoglu

The Roots of the New Economy: An Institutional Perspective pp. 39-54

Pascal Petit

What Have We Learned About Productivity in the Last Two Decades?: A Review Article on New Developments in Productivity Analysis pp. 53-63

Andrew Sharpe

Volume 3, month Fall, 2001

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

The Contribution of ICTs to Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States in the 1990s pp. 3-18

Someshwar Rao and Jianmin Tang

The Irish Economic Boom: What Can We Learn? pp. 19-31

Pierre Fortin

Productivity Growth in the OECD Area: Some Recent Findings pp. 32-44

Dirk Pilat

The ICOP Manufacturing Database: International Comparisons of Productivity Levels pp. 44-51

Bart van Ark and Marcel Timmer

Productivity Trends in the Construction Sector in Canada: A Case of Lagging Technical Progress pp. 52-68

Andrew Sharpe

Review Article on The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective by Angus Maddison pp. 69-78

Andrew Sharpe

Volume 2, month Spring, 2001

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

Determinants of Trends in Living Standards in Canada and the United States, 1989-2000 pp. 3-10

Andrew Sharpe

The Importance of Innovation for Productivity pp. 11-18

Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq Ahmad, William Horsman and Phaedra Kaptein-Russell

What's New About the New Economy? IT, Economic Growth and Productivity pp. 19-30

Barry Bosworth and Jack E. Triplett

Is IT Driving the U.S. Productivity Revival? pp. 31-36

Kevin Stiroh

The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity pp. 37-51

Paul Schreyer

Review Article on Productivity Growth in Canada and on Industry-level Productivity and International Competitiveness Between Canada and the United States pp. 52-58

Andrew Sharpe

Volume 1, month Fall, 2000

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

The New Economy and Trend Productivity Growth in Canada pp. 3-5

Andrew Sharpe and Leila Gharani

The Productivity Renaissance in the U.S. Service Sector pp. 6-8

Andrew Sharpe

A Regional Perspective on the Canada-US Standard of Living Comparisons pp. 9-16

Raynald Létourneau and Martine Lajoie

Productiivity Convergence among OECD Countries: The Postwar Experience pp. 17-22

Edward Wolff

Price Cap Regulation and Productivity Growth pp. 23-28

Jeffrey Bernstein

What Does Total Factor Productivity Measure? pp. 31-40

Richard Lipsey and Kenneth Carlaw

Labour or Total Factor Productivity: Do We Need to Choose? pp. 41-44

Timothy C. Sargent and Edgard Rodriguez

The Challenge of Total Factor Productivity pp. 45-52

Walter Diewert