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.
Economics Letters
Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small Versus Large Versus Young Versus Old
Journal Article
Reference
Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small Versus Large Versus Young Versus Old”. Economics Letters 164, 50–57. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.034
Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small Versus Large Versus Young Versus Old”. Economics Letters 164, 50–57. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.034
Authors
Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson
