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The effect of trade on productivity growth and the demand for skilled workers in Canada

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  • Wulong Gu
  • Lori Whewell Rennison

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We use an input-output model to examine the effect of trade integration on productivity growth and the demand for skilled workers in Canada for the period 1981-1997. We find that trade integration has a positive effect on both labour productivity and total factor productivity. Labour productivity and total factor productivity grew faster in export and import industries than in the total business sector over this period, and this productivity growth gap has widened over time. Canada is found to have a comparative advantage in capital- and natural-resource-intensive industries, although it has declined over time. We find that trade integration has little effect on the demand for skilled and unskilled workers in Canada.

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  • Wulong Gu & Lori Whewell Rennison, 2005. "The effect of trade on productivity growth and the demand for skilled workers in Canada," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 279-296.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecsysr:v:17:y:2005:i:3:p:279-296
    DOI: 10.1080/09535310500221815
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    Cited by:

    1. Gulay Gunluk-Senesen & Umit Senesen, 2011. "Decomposition Of Labour Demand By Employer Sectors And Gender: Findings For Major Exporting Sectors In Turkey," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 233-253.
    2. Sébastien Breau, 2010. "Low-Income-Country Import Competition and the Structure of Earnings Inequality in Canada, 1996–2001," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(8), pages 1964-1986, August.
    3. Wulong Gu & Beiling Yan, 2017. "Productivity Growth and International Competitiveness," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 63, pages 113-133, February.

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