--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/" title: "IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T08:15:30+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-17T10:11:36+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2025" ipm_keyword: - "Canada" - "Fall 2025" - "GDP" - "hours worked" - "labour productivity" - "mergers" - "PIAAC" - "regulation" - "skills" - "SNA" - "TFP" ipm_country_focus: - "Canada" - "International" - "OECD" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/ # IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-49-EO.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Sharpe, Andrew, Bart van Ark, and Paul Schreyer. 2025. “Editors’ Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 49 (Fall 2025): 1–2. https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/ ## Authors: - Andrew Sharpe Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - Bart van Ark University of Manchester / The Productivity Institute - Paul Schreyer OECD ## IPM Issue 49 Fall 2025 pp. 1–2 ## Related IPM articles [Is the SNA Still Useful? 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Le numéro 49 contient six articles : Cette, Lopez, Nicoletti et Vernerey sur les gains de productivité issus de réformes réglementaires pro-concurrentielles au Canada; Andrews, Égert et de La Maisonneuve (OCDE) sur les compétences des adultes et la productivité à l’aide de PIAAC 2023; Kohli proposant la productivité totale du travail (PTL) comme alternative à la PTT et à la PMF standard; Shaban sur la question de savoir si les défenses fondées sur les efficiences pour les fusions améliorent la croissance de la PMF; Fraumeni sur les ajustements d’efficience des heures travaillées à l’aide de PIAAC; et Schreyer qui passe en revue The Measure of Progress de Diane Coyle. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-49-EO.pdf)