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- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001180Geography: Province or territoryDescription:
This study examines provincial differences in productivity (GDP per job) using decomposition and regression analysis. In the first stage of the study, the relative size of productivity differences across provinces is examined. Then, these differences are decomposed into two components - the first is the portion of the difference that arises from industry-mix, and the second is due to "real" productivity differences at the industry level. The paper also examines the contributions of the "new" and "old" economy sectors to differences in provincial productivity. Finally, regression analysis is performed in order to determine the statistical significance of interprovincial productivity differences. The paper finds that British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec do not differ significantly from another in terms of GDP per job after differences in industry mix are considered. Manitoba and the Atlantic Provinces lag behind the others. Most of the difference in the latter two cases stems from "real" differences at the industry level rather than from the effect of differences in industry mix. The Natural Resources sector plays an important role in bolstering the performance of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Release date: 2001-12-06 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001169Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper documents the changing geography of the Canadian manufacturing sector over a twenty-two year period (1976-1997). It does so by looking at the shifts in employment, as well as other measures of industrial change, across different levels of the rural/urban hierarchy - central cities, adjacent suburbs, medium and small cities, and rural areas.
The analysis demonstrates that the most dramatic shifts in manufacturing employment were from the central cities of large metropolitan regions to their suburbs. Paralleling trends in the United States, rural regions of Canada have increased their share of manufacturing employment. Rising rural employment shares were due to declining employment shares of small cities and, to lesser degree, large urban regions. Increasing rural employment was particularly prominent in Quebec, where employment shifted away from the Montreal region. By way of contrast, Ontario's rural regions only maintained their share of employment and the Toronto region increased its share of provincial employment over the period. The changing fortunes of rural and urban areas was not the result of across-the-board shifts in manufacturing employment, but was the net outcome of differing locational patterns across industries.
Change across the rural/urban hierarchy is also measured in terms of wage and productivity levels, diversity, and volatility. In contrast to the United States, wages and productivity in Canada do not consistently decline moving down the rural/urban hierarchy from the largest cities to the most rural parts of the country. Only after controlling for the types of manufacturing industries found in rural and urban regions is it apparent that wages and productivity decline with the size of place. The analysis also demonstrates that over time most rural and urban regions are diversifying across a wider variety of manufacturing industries and that shifts in employment shares across industries - a measure of economic instability - has for some rural/urban classifications increased modestly.
Release date: 2001-11-23 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001174Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates the evolution of the industrial structure in the Canadian manufacturing sector and its relationship to technological change by examining the take-up of advanced technologies and how it is related to the stochastic growth process in the plant population. Its framework is grounded in the view that growth is a stochastic process that involves learning. Experimentation with new technologies rewards some firms with superior growth and profitability. Examining how growth is associated with the choice of different technology strategies indicates which of these is being rewarded.
The evolution of this process is studied by examining the relationship between the uptake of advanced technologies and the performance of plants in the manufacturing sector. This is done by using cross-sectional data on advanced technology use and by combining it with longitudinal panel data on plant performance. In particular, the paper examines the relationship between the use of information and communications technology (ICT) and the growth in a plant's market share and its relative productivity.
The study finds that a considerable amount of market share is transferred from declining firms to growing firms over a decade. At the same time, the growers increase their productivity relative to the losers. Those technology users that were using communications technologies or that combined technologies from different classes increased their relative productivity the most. In turn, gains in relative productivity were accompanied by gains in market share. Other factors that were associated with gains in market share were the presence of R&D facilities and other innovative activities.
Release date: 2001-10-03 - 4. The Services Industries and Trade in Services ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X2001036Description:
This paper offers insights into the dynamics of services trade in an increasingly globalized economy, particularly with respect to Canada. It begins by describing the contribution of the services industries to Canada's output and employment, before offering a statistical review of trade in services for Canada and some other G-7 countries.
Release date: 2001-09-17 - 5. Time lost due to industrial disputes ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010085881Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article offers some historical perspective on industrial strife in Canada, for example, the number of strikes and lockouts and workdays lost over the last two decades.
Release date: 2001-09-12 - 6. The services industries and trade in services ArchivedArticles and reports: 63-016-X20000045614Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article provides insights into the dynamics of trade in services in an increasingly globalized and open world economy, particularly with respect to Canada. The main objective is to provide a statistical review of trade in services for Canada and some other G-7 countries.
Release date: 2001-04-19 - 7. Productivity: Concepts and trends ArchivedArticles and reports: 15-204-X19990005491Description:
This chapter examines how productivity growth is measured, long- and short-run trends in productivity growth, the importance of productivity for economic growth and the contribution of productivity growth to the standard of living.
Release date: 2001-02-14 - Articles and reports: 15-204-X19990005492Description:
This chapter explores whether the Canadian economy is restructuring toward higher productivity industries, and whether, at the industry level, productivity growth is passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices or to workers in the form of higher wages.
Release date: 2001-02-14 - Articles and reports: 15-204-X19990005494Description:
This chapter examines long-run productivity growth trends in the Canadian and U.S. business and manufacturing sectors, and short-run growth in labour productivity.
Release date: 2001-02-14 - Articles and reports: 15-204-X19990005495Description:
This chapter examines productivity growth in manufacturing by size of establishment and by whether it is Canadian- or foreign-owned.
Release date: 2001-02-14
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- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001180Geography: Province or territoryDescription:
This study examines provincial differences in productivity (GDP per job) using decomposition and regression analysis. In the first stage of the study, the relative size of productivity differences across provinces is examined. Then, these differences are decomposed into two components - the first is the portion of the difference that arises from industry-mix, and the second is due to "real" productivity differences at the industry level. The paper also examines the contributions of the "new" and "old" economy sectors to differences in provincial productivity. Finally, regression analysis is performed in order to determine the statistical significance of interprovincial productivity differences. The paper finds that British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec do not differ significantly from another in terms of GDP per job after differences in industry mix are considered. Manitoba and the Atlantic Provinces lag behind the others. Most of the difference in the latter two cases stems from "real" differences at the industry level rather than from the effect of differences in industry mix. The Natural Resources sector plays an important role in bolstering the performance of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Release date: 2001-12-06 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001169Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper documents the changing geography of the Canadian manufacturing sector over a twenty-two year period (1976-1997). It does so by looking at the shifts in employment, as well as other measures of industrial change, across different levels of the rural/urban hierarchy - central cities, adjacent suburbs, medium and small cities, and rural areas.
The analysis demonstrates that the most dramatic shifts in manufacturing employment were from the central cities of large metropolitan regions to their suburbs. Paralleling trends in the United States, rural regions of Canada have increased their share of manufacturing employment. Rising rural employment shares were due to declining employment shares of small cities and, to lesser degree, large urban regions. Increasing rural employment was particularly prominent in Quebec, where employment shifted away from the Montreal region. By way of contrast, Ontario's rural regions only maintained their share of employment and the Toronto region increased its share of provincial employment over the period. The changing fortunes of rural and urban areas was not the result of across-the-board shifts in manufacturing employment, but was the net outcome of differing locational patterns across industries.
Change across the rural/urban hierarchy is also measured in terms of wage and productivity levels, diversity, and volatility. In contrast to the United States, wages and productivity in Canada do not consistently decline moving down the rural/urban hierarchy from the largest cities to the most rural parts of the country. Only after controlling for the types of manufacturing industries found in rural and urban regions is it apparent that wages and productivity decline with the size of place. The analysis also demonstrates that over time most rural and urban regions are diversifying across a wider variety of manufacturing industries and that shifts in employment shares across industries - a measure of economic instability - has for some rural/urban classifications increased modestly.
Release date: 2001-11-23 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001174Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates the evolution of the industrial structure in the Canadian manufacturing sector and its relationship to technological change by examining the take-up of advanced technologies and how it is related to the stochastic growth process in the plant population. Its framework is grounded in the view that growth is a stochastic process that involves learning. Experimentation with new technologies rewards some firms with superior growth and profitability. Examining how growth is associated with the choice of different technology strategies indicates which of these is being rewarded.
The evolution of this process is studied by examining the relationship between the uptake of advanced technologies and the performance of plants in the manufacturing sector. This is done by using cross-sectional data on advanced technology use and by combining it with longitudinal panel data on plant performance. In particular, the paper examines the relationship between the use of information and communications technology (ICT) and the growth in a plant's market share and its relative productivity.
The study finds that a considerable amount of market share is transferred from declining firms to growing firms over a decade. At the same time, the growers increase their productivity relative to the losers. Those technology users that were using communications technologies or that combined technologies from different classes increased their relative productivity the most. In turn, gains in relative productivity were accompanied by gains in market share. Other factors that were associated with gains in market share were the presence of R&D facilities and other innovative activities.
Release date: 2001-10-03 - 4. The Services Industries and Trade in Services ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X2001036Description:
This paper offers insights into the dynamics of services trade in an increasingly globalized economy, particularly with respect to Canada. It begins by describing the contribution of the services industries to Canada's output and employment, before offering a statistical review of trade in services for Canada and some other G-7 countries.
Release date: 2001-09-17 - 5. Time lost due to industrial disputes ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010085881Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article offers some historical perspective on industrial strife in Canada, for example, the number of strikes and lockouts and workdays lost over the last two decades.
Release date: 2001-09-12 - 6. The services industries and trade in services ArchivedArticles and reports: 63-016-X20000045614Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article provides insights into the dynamics of trade in services in an increasingly globalized and open world economy, particularly with respect to Canada. The main objective is to provide a statistical review of trade in services for Canada and some other G-7 countries.
Release date: 2001-04-19 - 7. Productivity: Concepts and trends ArchivedArticles and reports: 15-204-X19990005491Description:
This chapter examines how productivity growth is measured, long- and short-run trends in productivity growth, the importance of productivity for economic growth and the contribution of productivity growth to the standard of living.
Release date: 2001-02-14 - Articles and reports: 15-204-X19990005492Description:
This chapter explores whether the Canadian economy is restructuring toward higher productivity industries, and whether, at the industry level, productivity growth is passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices or to workers in the form of higher wages.
Release date: 2001-02-14 - Articles and reports: 15-204-X19990005494Description:
This chapter examines long-run productivity growth trends in the Canadian and U.S. business and manufacturing sectors, and short-run growth in labour productivity.
Release date: 2001-02-14 - Articles and reports: 15-204-X19990005495Description:
This chapter examines productivity growth in manufacturing by size of establishment and by whether it is Canadian- or foreign-owned.
Release date: 2001-02-14
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