On Concepts and Measures of Multifactor Productivity in Canada, 1961-1980

by Alexandra Cas, Thomas K. Rymes

Overview

This book presents new estimates of the sources of economic growth in Canada. The experimental measures account for the reproductibility of capital inputs in an input-output framework and show that advances in technology are more important for economic growth than previously estimated. Traditional measures of multifactor productivity advance are also presented. Extensive comparisons relate the two approaches to each other and to a range of measures of structural change and labor productivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521365369
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/26/1991
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.33(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Theoretical framework; 2. An evaluation of the traditional and new measures of multifactor productivity; 3. Some critical evaluations of the new measures; 4. Canadian input-output accounts and data base for MFP; 5. Estimation of the rates of growth of MFP by industry; 6. Multifactor productivity, measures of structural change, and the productivity of labour; 7. Measures of multifactor productivity for the aggregate economy; 8. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.