Sources of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada and the United States

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 421-444

  Tang, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Weimin ^a  

^a INDUSTRY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; SERVICE SECTOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542439942     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2004.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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