Developments in Econometric Analyses of Productivity

Study of labour productivity, total production factor productivity, input output measurement and econometric modelling, partic. The estimation of production functions, input efficiency, economies of scale and elasticities of substitution - studies intertemporal changes and trends in regional labour productivity in manufacturing in Canada; compares alternative production cost functions; estimates factor substitution, and non neutral technological change; reviews theoretical developments in estimating productivity. Bibliography, graphs and statistical tables.