A detailed analysis of Nova Scotia's productivity performance, 1997-2010

Sharpe, Andrew. (Author). Avillez, Ricardo de. (Added Author). Centre for the Study of Living Standards (Added Author). Nova Scotia. Department of Labour and Advanced Education. (Added Author). Nova Scotia. Economic and Rural Development and Tourism. (Added Author). Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Despite labour productivity growth somewhat above the national average over the 1997-2000 period, Nova Scotia's level of business sector output per hour in 2010 was only 75.7 per cent that of Canada. This report provides a detailed analysis of Nova Scotia's labour and capital productivity performance and the factors behind this performance. It identifies weak machinery and equipment investment and low levels of business R&D as the two factors most responsible for the province's productivity gap.

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Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (131 p.) : col. ill., digital file.
Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Centre for the Study of Living Standards, 2012

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General Note:	"June 2012". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographic references (p. 110-113).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Definitions, concepts and data sources. A. Understanding productivity ; B. Data sources -- III. An overview of Nova Scotia's economy. A. GDP ; B. Labour input ; C. Capital input -- IV. Productivity trends and levels in Nova Scotia. A. Labour productivity ; B. Capital productivity -- V. Productivity drivers. A. Investment and capital intensity ; B. Human capital ; C. Innovation ; D. Sources of labour productivity growth in Nova Scotia ; E. Industrial structure and intersectoral shifts -- VI. Public policy and productivity in Nova Scotia. A. The impact of public policy on productivity ; B. Implications of the findings for public policy -- VII. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Labour productivity and living standards -- Appendix 2: Decomposing labour productivity growth by sector -- Data appendix.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Title from cover.