Did US business dynamism recover in the 2010s?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2022
Volume: 211
Issue: C

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 provide evidence that both firm and establishment entry rates in the US have been increasing over the past decade, seemingly ending the decline observed over previous decades. However, neither the job creation and destruction rates nor the reallocation rates show signs of recovery. These conflicting features are reconciled after we control for the changes in job size of business units. As a result, we conclude that business dynamism flattened at historically low levels during the 2010s.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:211:y:2022:i:c:s0165176521004791
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24