Productivity Trends in the Coal Mining Industry in Canada
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چکیده
......................................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................v I. Literature Review of Studies on Productivity in the Coal Mining Industry ........................1 A. Anton (1981)............................................................................................................2 B. Ellerman, Stoker and Berndt (2001) ........................................................................2 C. Darmstadter (1999) ..................................................................................................4 D. Other Studies on Innovation and Coal Mining Productivity ...................................6 E. Studies on Regulation, Scale and Other Factors Affecting Coal Mining Productivity .................................................................................................7 F. Studies on Coal Mining Productivity in Other Countries......................................10 G. Summary................................................................................................................11 II. Characteristics of the Coal Mining Industry in Canada.....................................................11 A. Data Sources for Industry-Level Studies ...............................................................11 B. Size, Regional Distribution, and Organization of the Coal Mining Industry in Canada ....................................................................................13 C. Resource Base........................................................................................................16 D. Labour Force and Related Characteristics .............................................................16 E. Capital Intensity .....................................................................................................18 F. Technological and Process Developments.............................................................19 G. Output Price ...........................................................................................................20 H. Regulation and Taxation ........................................................................................21 I. Environmental Performance ..................................................................................22 J. Unemployment and Capacity Utilization...............................................................22 III. Productivity Levels and Trends in the Coal Mining Industry in Canada ..........................23 A. Labour Productivity ...............................................................................................23 B. Capital Productivity ...............................................................................................26 C. Total Factor Productivity .......................................................................................26 IV. Explaining Labour Productivity Trends in the Coal Mining Industry in Canada..............27 A. Decomposition of Labour Productivity Growth ....................................................27 B. The Contributions of Price, Technology, Skills and Other Factors to Productivity Growth..............................................................................28 C. Summary of Labour Productivity Drivers by Decade ...........................................30 Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................31 References......................................................................................................................................31
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