Sentences with phrase «relative labour productivity»

To further contextualize Canada's serious issue with its productivity growth, a report put out by the Council of Canadian Academies states that since 1984, the relative labour productivity in the Canadian business sector dropped from more than 90 % of the US level to 76 % in 2007, putting the country 15th out of 18 comparative Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

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If you ignore the fact that the prices of resources relative to manufactures increased sharply after 2002, you'd interpret the shift from manufacturing to resources as a productivity - reducing reallocation of capital and labour.

Labour productivity can be boosted by a rise in capital input relative to labour Labour productivity can be boosted by a rise in capital input relative to labour labour input.