We analyze and assess new evidence on employment dynamics from a new data source the National Establishment Time Series (NETS). The NETS offers advantages over existing data sources for studying employment dynamics, including tracking business establishment relocations that can contribute to job...

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws over time in the...

This paper considers the impact of a major public sector relocation: the British Broadcasting Corporation's partial move from London to Salford, Greater Manchester starting in 2011. We identify effects of the move using synthetic control methods applied to plant-level data at Local Authority and...

This paper evaluates the impact of public employment on private sector activity using the relocation of the German federal government from Berlin to Bonn in the wake of the Second World War as a source of exogenous variation. To guide our empirical analysis, we develop a simple economic...

Nach den aktuellen Ergebnissen des ifo Investitionstests beabsichtigen die Unternehmen des westdeutschen verarbeitenden Gewerbes, in diesem Jahr gut 6% mehr in neue Bauten und Ausrüstungsgüter zu investieren als im Vorjahr. Für das Jahr 2007 ergaben die Meldungen der Erhebungsteilnehmer einen...