01489cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009803 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451868937 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Balakrishnan, Ravi. Canadian Firm and Job Dynamics / Ravi Balakrishnan. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students To understand better Canada's smooth reallocation of labor in response to the recent commodity price boom, but seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States. Overall, it finds that while Canada's labor market efficiency seems comparable to that of the United States, product market rigidities appear to be reducing Canada's capacity for creative destruction, hence undermining productivity growth. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/031 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/031/001.2008.issue-031-en.xml IMF e-Library