Carlsson, Mikael; Messina, Julián; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2014
We analyze how firms adjust their labor in response to idiosyncratic shifts in their production function and demand … curves using a unique data-set of Swedish manufacturing firms. We show that permanent shocks to firm-level demand is a main … driving force behind both job and worker reallocation. In contrast, shocks to physical productivity and temporary demand …