Canadian Firm and Job Dynamics:

To understand better Canada''s smooth reallocation of labor in response to the recent commodity price boom, but seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States. Overall, it finds that while Canada''s labor...

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Main Author: Balakrishnan, Ravi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 2008
Series:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 08/31
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Summary:To understand better Canada''s smooth reallocation of labor in response to the recent commodity price boom, but seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States. Overall, it finds that while Canada''s labor market efficiency seems comparable to that of the United States, product market rigidities appear to be reducing Canada''s capacity for creative destruction, hence undermining productivity growth
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (25 p)
ISBN:1451868936
9781451868937

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