--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-1/" title: "IPM Issue 1 Editor’s Overview" author: name: "mangom" url: "https://csls.ca/author/mangom/" date_published: "2026-06-09T06:33:26+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-23T00:42:04+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2000" ipm_keyword: - "Canada" - "CSLS" - "living standards" - "new economy" - "productivity" - "TFP" - "United States" ipm_country_focus: - "Canada" - "OECD" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # IPM Issue 1 Editor’s Overview Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-1/ # IPM Issue 1 Editor’s Overview [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-1-EO.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Sharpe, Andrew. 2000. “Editor’s Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 1 (Fall 2000): 1–2. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-1/ ## Author: - Andrew Sharpe Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) ## IPM Issue 1 Fall 2000 pp. 1–2 ## Related IPM articles [Efficiency Adjustment of Hours Worked: Two Possible Modifications of a Jorgensen Production Model Barbara Fraumeni Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 103–115](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/efficiency-adjustment-of-hours-worked-two-possible-modifications-of-a-jorgensen-production-model/) [Labour Productivity as a Measure of Technological Change Ulrich Kohli Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 64–81](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/labour-productivity-as-a-measure-of-technological-change/) [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/) [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/) [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/) [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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It summarizes the eight articles in the first issue, covering Canada’s new economy productivity outlook, the U.S. service sector productivity renaissance, a regional Canada-US living standards comparison, postwar OECD productivity convergence, price cap regulation and TFP, and a three-article symposium on measuring and interpreting total factor productivity. Cet aperçu éditorial inaugural présente la revue International Productivity Monitor, une nouvelle publication du CSLS visant à attirer l’attention sur l’importance de la productivité pour le niveau de vie. Il résume les huit articles du premier numéro, portant sur les perspectives de productivité du Canada dans la nouvelle économie, la renaissance de la productivité dans le secteur des services américains, une comparaison régionale du niveau de vie Canada-États-Unis, la convergence de la productivité des pays de l’OCDE depuis la guerre, la réglementation par plafonnement des prix et la PMF, ainsi qu’un symposium en trois articles sur la mesure et l’interprétation de la productivité multifactorielle. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-1-EO.pdf)