Future Productivity Growth in Canada: Comparing to the United States

Tiff Macklem ()

International Productivity Monitor, 2003, vol. 7, 50-57

Abstract: In this second contribution to the Symposium included in this volume on Future Productivity in Canada, Tiff Macklem of the Bank of Canada compares sources of recent productivity growth in Canada and the United States. Macklem sees aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada advancing at around a 2 per cent average annual rate in the medium term. This view is based on the increased share of machinery and equipment investment in GDP, Canada's high degree of exposure to international trade and investment, the supportive macro-economic environment of low inflation and improved fiscal positions, increased spillovers from rapid and sustained U.S. productivity growth, and the significant gap between Canadian and U.S. productivity levels, which suggests potential for catch-up.

Keywords: Canada; Labour Productivity Growth; United States; Machinery; Equipment; Investment; Human Capital; Growth Accounting; Openness; Trade; Research; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E66 J24 O51 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.csls.ca/ipm/7/macklem-e.pdf (application/pdf)
http://www.csls.ca/ipm/7/macklem-f.pdf version en francais, pp:60-67 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sls:ipmsls:v:7:y:2003:6

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.csls.ca

Access Statistics for this article

International Productivity Monitor is currently edited by Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director

More articles in International Productivity Monitor from Centre for the Study of Living Standards 170 Laurier Ave. W, Suite 604, Ottawa, ON K1P 5V5. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CSLS ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).