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Originally published in 2002, Productivity Issues in Canada is the tenth title in the Investment in Canada Research Series, reissued in 2019. This volume examines productivity growth as the fundamental driver of improvements in real incomes and living standards. Productivity gains increase the economic pie, freeing additional resources that can be invested to meet the needs of the population in areas such as health care, education, the environment, public infrastructures and social security. This collection of research papers on productivity will help better understand the reasons for Canada's relatively weak productivity record and the nature of productivity growth in Canada. The book covers a wide range of topics - productivity trends and determinants; innovation and productivity; investment and productivity; global linkages and productivity; productivity in the new economy; and the social aspects of productivity.
Contents
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction, Someshwar Rao & Andrew SharpePart I: Productivity Trends and Determinants1. Productivity Trends and Determinants In Canada, Erwin Diewert2. A Comparison of Industrial Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States, Wulong Gu & Mun S. Ho3. Productivity Levels and International Competitiveness Between Canada and the United States, Frank C. Lee & Jianmin Tang4. The Canada-U.S. Productivity Growth Paradox, Serge Coulombe5. The Role of Industrial Structure in Canada's Productivity Performance, Serge Nadeau & Someshwar Rao6. Determinants of Canadian Productivity Growth: Issues and Prospects, Richard G. Harris#Part II: Innovation and Productivity7. A Tour of Innovation and Productivity: Measurement, Determinants and Policy, Jeffrey I. Bernstein8. Is Canada Missing the "Technology Boat"? Evidence from Patent Data, Manuel Trajtenberg9. Linkages Between Technological Change and Productivity Growth, Steven Globerman10. The Importance of Innovation for Productivity, Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq Ahmad, William Horsman & Phaedra Kaptein-Russell11. The Economic Determinants of Innovation, Randall Morck & Bernard YeungPart III: Investment and Productivity12. Investment and Productivity Review of Recent Literature, Ronald M. Giammarino13. Investment and Productivity Growth: A Survey from the Neoclassical and New Growth Perspectives, Kevin J. Stiroh14. Does Under-Investment Contribute to the Canada-U.S. Productivity Gap?, Edgard R. Rodriguez & Timothy C. SargentPart IV: Global Linkages and Productivity15. Foreign Investment, Trade and Industrial Performance: Review of Recent Literature, John Ries16. A Time to Sow, a Time to Reap: The FTA and its Impact on Productivity and Employment, Gary Sawchuk & Daniel Trefler17. Are Canadian-Controlled Manufacturing Firms Less Productive than their Foreign Controlled Counterparts?, Someshwar Rao & Jianmin TangPart V: Productivity in the New Economy 18. Productivity in the New Economy: Review of Recent Literature, D. Peter Dungan & Thomas A. Wilson19. Electronic Commerce and Productivity Growth: Defining and Assessing The Linkages, Steven Globerman20. The Location of Higher Value-Added Activities, Steven Globerman21. Innovation in a Knowledge-Based Economy - The Role of Government, Ronald Hirshhorn, Serge Nadeau & Someshwar Rao22. Trend Productivity and the New Economy, Andrew Sharpe & Leila GharaniPart VI: Social Aspects of Productivity23. Economic and Social Aspects of Productivity: Linkages and Policy Implications, Lars Osberg24. Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?, Richard G. Harris25. The Contribution of Productivity to Economic Well-Being in Canada, Andrew SharpeAbout the Contributors
