Who is to blame? Canadian manufacturers and the absence of income per capita convergence

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Keay, I
• 署名单位: Queens University - Canada
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/003465303762687785
• 发表日期: 2003-02
• 页码: 166-177
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; technical change; PRODUCTIVITY; scale; substitution; SYSTEM

摘要

No significant convergence between Canadian and American income per capita occurred during the first ninety years of the twentieth century. This lack of convergence does not appear to have been due to technological dependence, input price distortions, or diseconomies of scale within the Canadian manufacturing sector. The evidence presented in this paper is based on total factor productivity measurement, statistical testing, and counterfactual experimentation using data from national statistical agencies and firm-level sources.