Table comparing alternatives for decomposing the Canada–U.S. difference in gross domestic product per capita between labour productivity and work intensity and its sources – % difference in relation to the United States (2000)

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Table comparing alternatives for decomposing the Canada–U.S. difference in gross domestic product per capita between labour productivity and work intensity and its sources – % difference in relation to the United States (2000)
Source Data	GDP per capita	Labour productivity	Work intensity	Work intensity components
Source Data	GDP per capita	Labour productivity	Hours worked per capita	Hours worked per job	Job / population aged 15 and over	Population aged 15 and over to population
1. CPA / BLS-PA	-20	-14	-6	1	-10	3
2. LFS / CPS	-20	-11	-9	-8	-5	4
3. CPA project	-20	-7	-13	-6	-10	3
Notes: Differences are expressed in this study in logarithms to preserve their additivity. The three rows make use of different source data. Measure number 1 compares official data for the economy as a whole that are used to measure labour productivity growth in the two countries. "CPA" is the acronym for the Canadian Productivity Accounts, while "BLS-PA" stands for Bureau of Labor Statistics – Productivity Accounts. In measure number 2, "LFS" refers to Canada's Labour Force Survey and "CPS" stands for Current Population Survey, the American equivalent. Measure number 3 presents results derived from the project to compare productivity levels conducted by the Canadian Productivity Accounts (CPA).