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The role of firm size in the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap since 2000 / by Wulong Gu and Josip Lesica.CS36-28-0001/2025-12-2E-PDF

"This paper examines the role of firm size in the widening labour productivity gap between Canada and the United States since 2000. Canada's business-sector labour productivity level declined from 83% of the U.S. level in 2002 to 73% in 2019. The gap is partly explained by Canada's higher share of small firms and their greater productivity disadvantage relative to large firms. In 2019, these two factors accounted for 60% of the 27-percentage-point productivity gap, with the remainder 40% attributable to the generally lower productivity of Canadian firms"--Abstract, page 1.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleThe role of firm size in the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap since 2000 / by Wulong Gu and Josip Lesica.
Series title
  • Economic and social reports, 2563-8955 ; Vol. 5, no. 12, December 2025
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Cover title.
  • At head of title: Research article.
  • Issued also in French under title: Le rôle de la taille des entreprises dans l'écart de productivité du travail entre le Canada et les États-Unis depuis 2000.
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 22).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, December 22, 2025.
  • ©2025
Author / Contributor
  • Gu, Wulong, 1964- author.
Description1 online resource (22 pages) : graphs.
Catalogue number
  • CS36-28-0001/2025-12-2E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number36-28-0001
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