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 …

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 …

Legislation (EPL) varies across the firm size distribution. In Italy firms are obliged to rehire an unfairly dismissed worker only …

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 …

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 …

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 …

consequence, the entrepreneurship rate falls with income per capita, average firm size and firm size dispersion increase with …

formal sector wage premium is thus just a firm size wage differential. Using data from the South African labour force survey … we illustrate that firm size is indeed the key variable determining whether a formal sector premium exists. …