--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-41/" title: "IPM Issue 41 Editors’ Overview" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T08:01:54+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-14T07:47:46+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2021" ipm_keyword: - "Canada" - "decoupling" - "manufacturing dispersion" - "pay" - "Penn World Table" - "productivity" - "United Kingdom" - "United States" - "wages" ipm_country_focus: - "Canada" - "International" - "United Kingdom" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # IPM Issue 41 Editors’ Overview Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-41/ # IPM Issue 41 Editors’ Overview [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-41-EO.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Sharpe, Andrew, and Bart van Ark. 2021. “Editors’ Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 41 (Fall 2021): 1–2. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-41/ ## Authors: - Andrew Sharpe Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - Bart van Ark University of Manchester / The Productivity Institute ## IPM Issue 41 Fall 2021 pp. 1–2 ## Related IPM articles [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [Adult Skills and Productivity: New Evidence from PIAAC 2023 Dan Andrews, Balázs Égert, Christine de La Maisonneuve Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 41–63](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/adult-skills-and-productivity-new-evidence-from-piaac-2023/) [Appendix: Variable Definitions and Country/Sector Coverage for Regulatory Reform Analysis Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–18](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/appendix-variable-definitions-and-country-sector-coverage-for-regulatory-reform-analysis/) [The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 3–40](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-potential-impact-of-pro-competitive-regulatory-reforms-on-productivity-and-growth-in-canada/) [IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/) [De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? 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Four articles examine divergence (levels gap) and delinkage (incremental linkage), finding that pro-productivity policies still raise middle-class incomes even as other factors have driven productivity and typical pay apart. Two additional articles address the Penn World Table’s anomalous TFP estimates for low-income countries (Egypt case) and the dynamics of productivity dispersion in U.S. manufacturing. The issue closes with a response by Sickles and Zelenyuk to Balk’s review of their textbook. Le numéro 41 présente un symposium sur la relation entre productivité et rémunération aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni et au Canada. Quatre articles examinent la divergence (écart de niveau) et le découplage (lien incrémental), constatant que les politiques favorables à la productivité augmentent encore les revenus de la classe moyenne même si d’autres facteurs ont écarté la productivité de la rémunération typique. Deux articles supplémentaires portent sur les estimations anomales de PMF des Penn World Tables pour les pays à faible revenu (cas de l’Égypte) et la dynamique de la dispersion de la productivité dans le secteur manufacturier américain. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-41-EO.pdf)