1. 16 years and over CPS, 16 years and over Notes: LFS 15 years and over was taken directly from Labour Force Survey while LFS 16 years and over was calculated by the Canadian Productivity Accounts from the Labour Force Survey microfiles. The CPS 16 years and over comes from the Current Population Survey;% Lfs;Source: Statistics Canada
2. Since 1994 in the United States; from 1976 to 1996 in Canada Employees and self-employed workers ? How many hours does he/she usually work at his/her principal employment? At his/her other employment? ? Last week, how many hours of overtime did he/she work? ? Last week, how many hours was he/she absent from work for any reason? ? What was the main reason for this absence? ? Last week, how many hours did he/she work at his/her principal employment? At his/her other employment? Since 1997 in Canada Employees ? Not counting overtime, does the number of paid hours worked by ... vary from week to week? ? Not counting overtime, how many paid hours does he/she work per week? ? Not counting overtime, how many paid hours does he/she work on average per week? ? Last week, how many hours was he/she absent from work because of vacation, illness or any other reason? ? What was the main reason for this absence? ? Last week, how many hours of paid overtime did he/she work at this employment? ? In total, how many hours did ... work at his/her job last week? Self-employed workers ? Does the number of hours ? works vary from week to week?;Maynard Baldwin;Notes: The number of jobs for the United States is the underlying estimate used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics productivity growth program while it corresponds to the number of jobs estimated by the Canadian Productivity Accounts for Canada,2005
3. ? How many hours does he/she usually work per week at this job? ? Last week, how many hours did he/she actually work at this job or for himself/herself? References Baldwin;J R;NBER Working Paper Series,2005
4. A comparison of Canadian and U.S. Productivity Levels: An Exploration of Measurement Issues;J R Baldwin;Economic Analysis Research Paper Series. Catalogue no. 11F0027MIE2005028. Ottawa: Statistics Canada,2005