Table 1
Decomposition of annual labour productivity growth, business sector

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Table 1
Decomposition of annual labour productivity growth, business sector
Table summary
This table displays the results of decomposition of annual labour productivity growth 1981 to 2000, 2000 to 2011 and 1981 to 2011 (appearing as column headers).
  1981 to 2000 2000 to 2011 1981 to 2011
Including research and development capital  
Labour productivity growth (percent) 1.58 0.80 1.29
Contribution of (percentage point)  
Research and development capital deepening 0.03 0.04 0.03
Non-research and development capital deepening 0.75 0.98 0.84
Labour composition 0.37 0.27 0.33
Multifactor productivity 0.42 -0.48 0.09
Excluding research and development capital  
Labour productivity growth (percent) 1.54 0.81 1.31
Contribution of (percentage point)  
Capital deepening 0.76 1.01 0.85
Labour composition 0.37 0.27 0.33
Multifactor productivity 0.41 -0.46 0.09
Source: Statistics Canada. Authors' compilation based on data from CANSIM tables 380-0068, 383-0008 and 383-0021.
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