Presenting new research on producer dynamics using a number of recently developed micro data sets on establishments, firms and workers, this innovative volume covers a wide range of fields including industrial organization, labor, growth, macro, and international trade. Here a group of leading...

<DIV><DIV><P>The Census Bureau has recently begun releasing official statistics that measure the movements of firms in and out of business and workers in and out of jobs.  The economic analyses in <I>Producer Dynamics</I> exploit this newly available data on establishments, firms, and workers, to address issues in...</i></p></div></div>

By exploiting establishment-level data, this paper sheds new light on the sources of the changes in the structure of production, wages, and employment that have occurred over the last several decades. We investigate the following two related hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in...

By exploiting establishment-level data, this paper sheds new light on the sources of the changes in the structure of production, wages, and employment that have occurred over the last several decades. We investigate the following two related hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in...