Explaining Slower Productivity Growth: The Role of Weak Demand Growth

Using panel data on Canadian industries and OECD countries, this article examines empirically the role of growth in domestic and external demand in labour productivity growth. The findings suggest that most of the post-2000 slowdown in business sector labour productivity growth was the result of wea...

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Main Authors: Someshwar Rao, Jiang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2013-09-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
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Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/ipm26.asp