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New Estimates of Manufacturing Productivity Growth for Canada and the United States

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In recent months, the issue of productivity has risen to the top of the federal government's economic policy agenda. The motivation for this development has been the perception that Canada's aggregate productivity performance has been dismal in the 1990s, particularly relative to the United States. This perception is indeed true when productivity is measued on a per worker or person employed basis. Total economy GDP per worker advanced at a 1.1 per cent average annual rate in the United States over the 1989-98 period compared to 0.8 per cent in Canada.

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  • Andrew Sharpe, 1999. "New Estimates of Manufacturing Productivity Growth for Canada and the United States," CSLS Research Reports 1999-02, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    • Handle: RePEc:sls:resrep:9902
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