Who creates jobs and who creates productivity? Small versus large versus young versus old

Fredrik Heyman; Pehr Johan Norbäck; Lars Persson

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.034

Who creates jobs and who creates productivity? Small versus large versus young versus old

Fredrik Heyman, Pehr Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson

Research Institute of Industrial Economics

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We propose a new method to analyze employment and productivity dynamics in a consistent way. Using Swedish data we find that net jobs were mainly created in young, small firms and productivity gains were mainly created in large old firms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50-57
Number of pages	8
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	164
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.034
Publication status	Published - 2018 Mar 1
Externally published	Yes

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Economics

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Industrial structure and structural change
Job dynamics
Matched employer–employee data
Productivity

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