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Differences in productivity growth: Canadian-U.S. business sectors, 1987�00
Umar FaruquiWulong Gu
Economist, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Mustapha Kaci
Economist, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Mireille Laroche
Economist, Department of Finance, Ottawa, Canada
Jean-Pierre Maynard
Chief, Labor Productivity Section, MEAD Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Email: maynard@statcan.ca
Productivity growth picked up significantly in 1995 for the United States, and in 1996 for Canada, driven in both cases by a resurgence of productivity in services, however, Canadian productivity growth has remained lower than that in the United States.
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