Table 6
The median of Canada/U.S. partial and total factor productivity measures for the manufacturing sector (1929) for 127 matched industries

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Productivity measure No price correction Output price correction (Canadian weights) Output price correction (U.S. weights)
  percent
RTVP 77 75 74
TFP1 97 92 92
TFP2 97 93 93
TFP3 97 95 93
RVA 81 74 79
TFP4 94 86 85
TFP5 91 89 87
TFP6 94 91 90

Notes:

RTVP = relative sales (production) per employed person. Employed persons is calculated as the sum of salaried personnel, production workers, piece-workers and proprietors.

TFP1 = total factor productivity based on sales, employment, materials, fuel expenditures and horsepower as a proxy for capital. Horsepower is defined as prime-mover = total horsepower minus electric motors using internally generated power.

TFP2 = total factor productivity based on sales, employment, materials and fuel expenditures combined, and horsepower relatives.

TFP3 = total factor productivity as in TFP2 except relative fuel expenditures are used in place of horsepower to proxy relative capital.

RVA = relative value-added per employed person where value-added is sales less materials and fuel expenditures.

TFP4 = total factor productivity using value-added, employment and horsepower as the capital proxy.

TFP5 = total factor productivity as in TFP4 but using fuel expenditures instead of horsepower as the capital proxy.

TFP6 = total factor productivity using value-added defined as sales less materials but not fuel, employment, fuel and horsepower as a proxy for capital.