Table 10
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. engineering capital intensity gap,
by industry, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates,
business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)
Archived Content
Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.
K/Y1 Canada | K/Y United States | Gap2 | Yi/Y3 Canada | Yi/Y United States | Gap | Industry structure contribution | Intensity contribution | Residual contribution | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6)=(4)-(5) | (7) | (8) | (9)=(3)-(7)-(8) | |
ratio | percent | ||||||||
Agriculture | 0.32 | .. | .. | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | .. | ||
Forestry, fishing, hunting and mining | 2.76 | 2.36 | 16.9 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 4.0 | ||
Construction | 0.00 | 0.00 | -81.9 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 0.8 | -5.8 | ||
Manufacturing | 0.06 | 0.00 | 1493.2 | 21.8 | 17.6 | 4.1 | 35.2 | ||
Wholesale trade | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1190.5 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 9.3 | ||
Retail trade | 0.01 | 0.00 | 396.2 | 7.5 | 8.1 | -0.5 | 6.6 | ||
Transportation, warehousing and utilities | 1.65 | 0.61 | 171.8 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 26.8 | ||
Information | 0.39 | 0.26 | 51.2 | 4.6 | 6.1 | -1.5 | 3.3 | ||
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing | 0.01 | 0.01 | -5.0 | 15.1 | 20.3 | -5.2 | -0.5 | ||
Professional and business services | 0.01 | 0.02 | -57.3 | 9.4 | 16.4 | -7.1 | -6.0 | ||
Other services | 0.00 | 0.01 | -52.2 | 6.4 | 8.2 | -1.7 | -2.8 | ||
Total business sector | 0.37 | 0.10 | 273.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 103.0 | 70.2 | 100.3 |
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Capital–gross domestic product ratio.
2. Gap is measured as the percent difference between Canada and the United States.
3. Share of an industry in gross domestic product.
Note: Results shown are from authors' calculations.
Sources: Statistics Canada; and Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- Date modified: