--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-25/comments-on-productivity-or-employment-is-it-a-choice/" title: "Comments on ‘Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice?’" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:37:47+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:37:47+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2013" ipm_keyword: - "age" - "comments" - "education" - "employment" - "hotel and restaurant" - "hours" - "OECD" - "productivity" - "reallocation" - "TFP" ipm_research_theme: - "Labour" ipm_country_focus: - "International" - "OECD" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # Comments on ‘Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice?’ Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-25/comments-on-productivity-or-employment-is-it-a-choice/ # Comments on ‘Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice?’ [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-25-6-Fraumeni.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Fraumeni, Barbara. 2013. “Comments on ‘Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice?’.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 25 (Spring 2013): 61–64. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-25/comments-on-productivity-or-employment-is-it-a-choice/ ## Author: - Barbara Fraumeni Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine ## IPM Issue 25 Spring 2013 pp. 61–64 ## Related IPM articles [Is the SNA Still Useful? 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In particular, the authors are encouraged to attempt to take account of the age and educational attainment distribution of the workforce within a country in attempting to explain TFP growth. RÉSUMÉ Ces commentaires expriment certaines réserves face aux résultats de l’article « Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice? » de Andrea De Michelis, Marcello Estevao and Beth Anne Wilson, et recommandent une analyse approfondie de la relation entre croissance de la productivité et croissance de l’emploi avant d’arriver à des conclusions définitives. En particulier, les auteurs sont encouragés à prendre en compte l’âge et le niveau de scolarité de la main-d’œuvre à l’intérieur d’un pays dans leur tentative d’expliquer la croissance de la PTF. THE ARTICLE “Productivity or Employment: Is Ces commentaires expriment des réserves quant aux résultats de l’article « Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice? » d’Andrea De Michelis, Marcello Estevão et Beth Anne Wilson, et recommandent d’approfondir l’analyse de la relation entre la croissance de la productivité et la croissance de l’emploi avant de tirer des conclusions définitives. En particulier, les auteurs sont encouragés à tenter de tenir compte de la distribution par âge et du niveau de scolarité de la population active d’un pays pour expliquer la croissance de la PMF. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-25-6-Fraumeni.pdf)