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# IPM Issue 2 Editor’s Overview

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# IPM Issue 2 Editor’s Overview

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Sharpe, Andrew. 2001. “Editor’s Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 2 (Spring 2001): 1–2. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-2/

## Author:

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Andrew Sharpe
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

## IPM Issue 2

Spring 2001 pp. 1–2

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The editorial overview for Issue 2 introduces six articles examining productivity and living standards. It summarizes articles on Canada–U.S. living standards divergence in the 1990s, the importance of innovation for productivity, the new economy and IT-driven growth in the United States, the role of IT in the U.S. productivity revival, the new OECD Productivity Measurement Manual, and a review of two major productivity publications on Canada.

Cet aperçu éditorial pour le numéro 2 présente six articles examinant la productivité et le niveau de vie. Il résume les articles portant sur la divergence du niveau de vie Canada-États-Unis dans les années 1990, l’importance de l’innovation pour la productivité, la nouvelle économie et la croissance tirée par les TI aux États-Unis, le rôle des TI dans la reprise de productivité américaine, le nouveau Manuel de productivité de l’OCDE, et une recension de deux grandes publications sur la productivité au Canada.

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