Productivity
Productivity describes various measures of the efficiency of production. Often, a productivity measure is expressed as the ratio of an aggregate output to a single input or an aggregate input used in a production process, i.e. output per unit of input, typically over a specific period of time. The most common example is the (aggregate) labour productivity measure, e.g., such as GDP per worker. There are many different definitions of productivity (including those that are not defined as ratios of output to input) and the choice among them depends on the purpose of the productivity measurement and/or data availability. The …
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Higher Education Strategy Associates · 18 April 2024 English
HESA's Commentary of the 2024 Canadian Federal Budget
incorporate AI solutions to scale up and increase productivity; ‣ $50 million to support workers who may be …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
interannual fluctuations in the climate and ecosystem productivity of tropical and subtropical areas. These fluctuations … activity using techniques promoting high biological productivity and biodiversity. These include habitat restoration … fisheries amounts to poor public policy. Biological productivity goals for fish stocks operationalised through … technical efficiency analysis which will examine the productivity of the commercial salmon fishery, particularly … habitats by providing trophic control of primary productivity and habitat heterogeneity. Conversely, the absence …
OCUFA: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations · 17 April 2024 English
OCUFA SUBMISSION College Master’s Degrees in Applied Areas of Study: An Ill-Conceived Plan April 11, 2024 Introduction The Ministry of Colleges and Universities is proposing a regulatory amendment that would …
province’s current and future skills gaps and enhance productivity. This is especially important in today’s changing …
C.D. Howe Institute · 17 April 2024
How to achieve this reduction in the NPR population? The crux is how much to shrink the NPR population by facilitating the transition of NPRs to permanent resident (PR) status, …
what the Bank of Canada has called Canada’s “productivity emergency.” Between January 1 of 2022 and 2024 … Yet these trends are not well-aligned with productivity and economic growth objectives, which should … ca/2024/03/time-to-break-the-glass-fixing-canadas-productivity-problem/ https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/defau … migrants whose skills do not align with Canada’s productivity goals. Relying exclusively on the CRS to select …
C.D. Howe Institute · 16 April 2024 English
water as well as the substantial benefits and tradeoffs between various courses of action. [...] Productivity, the value of the goods and services created compared to the effort and inputs that go into making …
Because Canadian living standards are at stake. Productivity, the value of the goods and services created … foundational to Canadian living standards. Canadian productivity growth is weak, and therefore, a big problem … Canada said it’s time to “break the glass” on productivity – in other words, this is an emergency, and … investment can only help our eyebrow-raising productivity from here. While Canada needs more investment … ca/2024/03/time-to-break-the-glass-fixing-canadas-productivity-problem/ https://www.budget.canada.ca/fes-e …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024 English
A field with its roots established in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) is suddenly much more in the public eye and capable of doing useful things for casual users as …
paper is structured to take stock of AI and productivity growth, adding more than a quarter innovation … Papers No. 292 — April 2024 • Douglas Lippoldt productivity, and its anticipated capacity to assist in and … partners (CPTPP). unlock significant additional productivity gains. For example, these accords can be supportive …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 12 April 2024 English
"The Honourable John Norquay is a magnificent book. Friesen meticulously documents Norquay's many accomplishments, larger-than-life character, and charisma. He paints a picture of a negotiator and orator who ably uses …
grew in size during these decades, and their productivity increased.7 A soldier who had served in many …
Fraser Institute · 11 April 2024 English
ministers. Comparative analyses across time or countries that seek to use GDP to compare changes in productivity, quality of life, or nearly any other dimension of economic performance should adjust for changes …
described above are not driven by growth in productivity and do not reflect rising living standards. … important dimensions of economic health such as productivity growth and improvements in liv- ing standards … also not useful for comparing the evolution of productivity or living standards across different periods … taxation, government finances, investment, productivity, labour markets, and charitable giving for …
C.D. Howe Institute · 11 April 2024 English
A primary purpose of a budget is to convey the state of the nation’s finances. [...] There is no justification for continuously running budget deficits when aggregate demand and supply …
pressing economic challenges. Canada’s output and productivity performance, especially when measured in per …
Fraser Institute · 11 April 2024 English
ministers. Comparative analyses across time or countries that seek to use GDP to compare changes in productivity, quality of life, or nearly any other dimension of economic performance should adjust for changes …