is accounted for by the reduction in the response of employment to shocks in US establishments. Using a plant level … employment adjustment. Changes in market power, as captured by changes in the curvature of the revenue, function play a minimal …

, and that previous employment tends to raise the probability of subsequent employment …

Demographic differences in patterns of employment variation over the business cycle are examined in this paper. Three … in the labor market. Second, young people bear a disproportionate share of cyclical employment variation. Third, failure …

are four main conclusions. First, labor force transitions are the principal determinant of fluctuations in employment and …. Likewise, most spells of employment end with labor force withdrawal rather than unemployment. Second, traditional estimates of …

issues at the core of this ongoing debate. We find that the relationship between firm size and employment growth is sensitive …

.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent above the 1993 trough. Employment rates tell a similar story. Our …

, we exploit the recently developed Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), which contains annual observations on employment …, the employment-weighted mean volatility of firm growth rates has declined by more than 40% since 1982. This result stands … volatility among privately held firms. This pattern holds in every major industry group. Employment shifts toward older …