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and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …
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We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of … substantially larger than the mean employment size benefit from outsourcing materials and services inputs, while this does not …
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In this paper we analyze the pattern of employment adjustment using a rich panel of Norwegian plants. The data suggest … that the frequency of episodes of zero net employment changes is inversely related to plant size. We develop and estimate a … econometric evidence supports the existence of purely fixed components, unrelated to plant size. As a result, the range of …
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cycle of managers. We calibrate this model to U.S plant-size data to quantify the effects of distortions that are correlated … with the size of production units. These distortions lead to sharp reductions in plant productivity and the fraction of … quite well for properties of Japanese size-distribution data, with a model-implied TFP of about 83% of the U.S. Distortions …
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Legislation (EPL) varies across the firm size distribution. In Italy firms are obliged to rehire an unfairly dismissed worker only …
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out and size does not predict subsequent growth (Gibrat's law). We employ a variety of measures of relative employment … growth, employer size and classification by size. We revisit two statistical fallacies, the Regression and Reclassification …
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This study shows that the wage premium paid by large firms fell over the past 20 years and that the decline in the size … decline in the size premium. First, there has been a convergence in the returns to worker characteristics at large and small …
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Portuguese firms engage in intense reallocation, most employers simultaneously hire and separate from workers, resulting in a large heterogeneity of flows and excess turnover. Large and older firms have lower flows, but high excess turnover rates. In small firms, hires and separations move...
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Entrepreneurs out of necessity identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across countries. They tend to have low education, run smaller firms, expect their firms to grow less, but are likely to stay in the market. This evidence is a challenge for existing...
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This paper analyzes the link between firm size and the investment in job training by employers. Using a large firm … training and firm size is a robust statistical finding both within and across countries with very different institutions and …
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