Who creates jobs and who creates productivity? Small versus large versus young versus old

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2018
Volume: 164
Issue: C
Pages: 50-57

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We propose a new method to analyze employment and productivity dynamics in a consistent way. Using Swedish data we find that net jobs were mainly created in young, small firms and productivity gains were mainly created in large old firms.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:164:y:2018:i:c:p:50-57
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26