Industry Mix, Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth: A Case Study of the Transportation Equipment Industry in Canada

The transportation equipment industry is one of the few Canadian industries that is as productive as its U.S. counterpart. However, labour productivity growth in the Canadian transportation equipment industry declined from 4.5 per cent per year in 1981-2000 to 1.7 per cent per year in 2000-2007. Thi...

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Main Authors: Kelvin Chan, Jianmin Tang, Wulong Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2011-04-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
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Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/21/IPM-21-Chan-Tang-Gu.pdf