O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence - Bank of Canada
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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-29T10:42:14+00:00Digitalization: Productivity
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2023/08/staff-discussion-paper-2023-17/
We examine the relationship between digitalization and productivity, the factors that influence this relationship, and how digitalization’s effect on productivity could change firm behaviour.2023-08-15T12:02:19+00:00enDigitalization: Productivity2023-08-15DigitalizationProductivityStaff Discussion Paper 2023-17https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sdp2023-17.pdfStaff Discussion Paper 2023-17Jeffrey MollinsTemel TaskinAugust 2023EE2LL1L11OO4O47O5O51Contribution of Human Capital Accumulation to Canadian Economic Growth
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2022/04/staff-discussion-paper-2022-7/
This paper quantifies the contribution of human capital accumulation to the growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada.2022-04-01T14:53:39+00:00enContribution of Human Capital Accumulation to Canadian Economic Growth2022-04-01Econometric and statistical methodsLabour marketsPotential outputProductivityStaff Discussion Paper 2022-7https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sdp2022-7.pdfStaff Discussion Paper 2022-7Audra BowlusYoungmin ParkChris RobinsonApril 2022DD2D24EE2E24JJ2J24J3J31OO4O47Allocative Efficiency and the Productivity Slowdown
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2021/01/staff-working-paper-2021-1/
In our analysis of the US productivity slowdown in the 1970s and 2000s, we find that a significant portion of this deceleration can be attributed to a lack of improvement in allocative efficiency across sectors. Our analysis further identifies increased sector-level volatility as a major contributor to this lack of improvement in allocative efficiency.2021-01-07T12:55:03+00:00enAllocative Efficiency and the Productivity Slowdown2021-01-07Economic modelsProductivityStaff Working Paper 2021-1https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/swp2021-1.pdfAllocative Efficiency and Aggregate Productivity Growth in Canada and the United StatesLin ShaoRongsheng TangJanuary 2021EE2E23OO4O47The Productivity Slowdown in Canada: An ICT Phenomenon?
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2019/01/staff-working-paper-2019-2/
We ask whether a weaker contribution of information and communication technologies (ICT) to productivity growth could account for the productivity slowdown observed in Canada since the early 2000s. To answer this question, we consider several methods capturing channels through which ICT could affect aggregate productivity growth.2019-01-14T09:12:58+00:00enThe Productivity Slowdown in Canada: An ICT Phenomenon?2019-01-14ProductivityStaff Working Paper 2019-2https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/swp2019-2.pdfThe Productivity Slowdown in Canada: An ICT Phenomenon?Jeffrey MollinsPierre St-AmantJanuary 2019DD2D24OO4O41O47Financial Development Beyond the Formal Financial Market
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2018/09/staff-working-paper-2018-49/
This paper studies the effects of financial development, taking into account both formal and informal financing. Using cross-country firm-level data, we document that informal financing is utilized more by rich countries than poor countries.2018-09-20T16:53:20+00:00enFinancial Development Beyond the Formal Financial Market2018-09-20Financial marketsFirm dynamicsProductivityStaff Working Paper 2018-49https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/swp2018-49.pdfFinancial Development Beyond the Formal Financial MarketLin ShaoSeptember 2018EE4E44OO1O17O4O47Firm Dynamics and Multifactor Productivity: An Empirical Exploration
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2018/03/staff-working-paper-2018-15/
There are indications that business dynamism has declined in advanced economies. In particular, firm entry and exit rates have fallen, suggesting that the creative destruction process has lost some of its vitality. Meanwhile, productivity growth has slowed. Some believe that lower entry and exit rates partly explain the weaker productivity growth.2018-03-27T10:17:10+00:00enFirm Dynamics and Multifactor Productivity: An Empirical Exploration2018-03-27Firm dynamicsProductivityStaff Working Paper 2018-15https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/swp2018-15.pdfFirm Dynamics and Multifactor Productivity: An Empirical ExplorationPierre St-AmantDavid TessierMarch 2018DD2D24MM1M13OO4O47A New Data Set of Quarterly Total Factor Productivity in the Canadian Business Sector
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2015/02/working-paper-2015-6/
In this paper, a quarterly growth-accounting data set is built for the Canadian business sector with the top-down approach of Diewert and Yu (2012). Inputs and outputs are measured and used to estimate the quarterly total factor productivity (TFP).2015-02-05T11:59:24+00:00enA New Data Set of Quarterly Total Factor Productivity in the Canadian Business Sector2015-02-05ProductivityWorking Paper 2015-6 https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wp2015-6.pdfA New Data Set of Quarterly Total Factor Productivity in the Canadian Business SectorShutao CaoSharon KozickiFebruary 2015DD2D24FF4F43OO4O47Firm Strategy, Competitiveness and Productivity: The Case for Canada
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/boc-review-autumn14-rennison.pdf
At a time when the Bank is expecting a rotation of demand toward exports and investment, and transformative global trends are placing increasing emphasis on innovation, technology and organizational learning, an understanding of the competitiveness strategies of Canadian firms and the factors affecting them has become particularly relevant. This article summarizes findings from a Bank of Canada survey of 151 firms designed to extract signals on elements of firm strategy and organizational capital in order to help inform the macroeconomic outlook.2014-11-13T08:36:19+00:00enFirm Strategy, Competitiveness and Productivity: The Case for Canada2014-11-13Is There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from Micro Data
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2013/07/working-paper-2013-24/
Rising consumer prices may reflect shifts by consumers to new higher-priced products, mostly for durable and semi-durable goods. I apply Bils’ (2009) methodology to newly available Canadian consumer price data for non-shelter goods and services to estimate how price increases can be divided between quality growth and price inflation.2013-07-25T08:03:02+00:00enIs There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from Micro Data2013-07-25Inflation and pricesPotential outputWorking Paper 2013-24https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wp2013-24.pdfIs There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from Micro DataOleksiy KryvtsovJuly 2013EE3E31MM1M11OO4O47Relative Price Movements and Labour Productivity in Canada: A VAR Analysis
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2010/05/discussion-paper-2010-5/
In recent years, the Canadian economy has been affected by strong movements in relative prices brought about by the surging costs of energy and non-energy commodities, with significant implications for the terms of trade, the exchange rate, and the allocation of resources across Canadian sectors and regions.2010-05-17T00:00:47+00:00enRelative Price Movements and Labour Productivity in Canada: A VAR Analysis2010-05-17Labour marketsProductivityRecent economic and financial developmentsDiscussion paper 2010-5 https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dp10-5.pdfRelative Price Movements and Labour Productivity in Canada: A VAR AnalysisMichael DolegaDavid DupuisLise PichetteMay 2010EE2E23E24OO4O47