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April 2005

Comparisons of economic performance: Canada versus Australia, 1983-2000

Tarek M. Harchaoui, Jimmy Jean, Faouzi Tarkhani

Although Australia performed better than Canada in terms of productivity growth for the overall economy, the standards of living for both countries grew at the same pace; sources of productivity growth reveal key differences between the two countries.

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