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Large Employers Are More Cyclically Sensitive
Moscarini, Giuseppe; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
, both in gross and net terms. The differential growth rate of employment between large and small firms varies by about 5 … out and size does not predict subsequent growth (Gibrat’s law). We employ a variety of measures of relative employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761676
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Immigrants' Employment Outcomes over the Business Cycle
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
the housing bust. An analysis of employment and unemployment rates over the past 15 years shows that immigrants' labor … market outcomes are more cyclical than those of natives. The greater cyclicality of immigrants' employment and unemployment …-sensitive employment outcomes than college-educated natives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765238
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Human Capital and the Size Distribution of Firms
Gomes, Pedro Maia; Kuehn, Zoë - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
public sector employment account for 40-45% of the differences between the United States and Mexico in terms of average firm … size, GDP per capita, and GDP per hour worked. We also show that the impact of public employment on skill premiums and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884127
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The Firm Size Distribution across Countries and Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Poschke, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
employment, the median and higher percentiles of the firm size distribution, and the dispersion and skewness of employment all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884221
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Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?
Busch, Anne; Holst, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279340
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Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms
Scarpetta, Stefano; Aghion, Philippe; Fally, Thibault - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Advanced market economies are characterized by a continuous process of creative destruction. Market forces and technological developments play a major role in shaping this process, but institutional and policy settings also influence firms’ decision to enter, to expand if successful and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233782
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The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size
Strobl, Eric Albert; Walsh, Frank; Badaoui, Eliane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We show theoretically that when larger firms pay higher wages and are more likely to be caught defaulting on labour taxes, then large high-wage firms will be in the formal sector and small low-wage firms will be in the informal sector. The formal sector wage premium is thus just a firm size wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247687
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Is Bigger Still Better? The Decline of the Wage Premium at Large Firms
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This study shows that the wage premium paid by large firms fell over the past 20 years and that the decline in the size premium has been most pronounced among the least educated work force. Empirical evidence supports several explanations for the decline in the size premium. First, there has...
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Microeconomic Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries
Bartelsman, Eric; Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
In this paper we provide an analysis of the process of creative destruction across 24 countries and 2-digit industries over the past decade. We rely on a newly assembled dataset that draws from different micro data sources (business registers, census, or representative enterprise surveys). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703134
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Assessing Job Flows across Countries: The Role of Industry, Firm Size and Regulations
Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano; Schweiger, Helena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper reviews the process of job creation and destruction across a sample of 16 industrial and emerging economies over the past decade. It exploits a harmonized firm-level data-set drawn from business registers and enterprise census data. The paper assesses the importance of technological...
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