Productivity and Prosperity in Quebec – 2012 Overview

The HEC Montreal Centre for Productivity and Prosperity’s 2012 Overview paints a detailed picture of Quebec’s economic performance and contrasts it with those of some twenty industrialized countries, including Canada and the United States. For the first time, this year’s report offers a comparative analysis of economic management approaches in six countries recognized for their quite remarkable economic success over the past 30 years. On the basis of this exercise, the study offers a series of recommendations that could lead to significant gains in productivity and the standard of living in Quebec and throughout Canada.

Centre for Productivity and Prosperity, Productivity and Prosperity in Quebec – 2012 Overview, HEC Montréal, October 2012.

Methodology

This accompanying publication serves as a methodological reference for the Productivity and Prosperity in Quebec 2012 Overview report. The technical information it provides is designed to give the reader a more in-depth understanding of the concepts, calculations and data used in producing the annual overview of productivity in Quebec. It is divided into four sections, each one with a detailed analysis, in chronological form, of the methodology used in creating the graphs and tables.