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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 2064
Verlag: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper studies the effect of the firm-size distribution on the relationship between employment and output. We construct a theoretical model, which predicts that changes in demand for industry output have larger effects on employment in industries characterised by a distribution that is more skewed towards smaller firms. Industry-specific shape parameters of the firm size distributions are estimated using firm-level data from Germany, Sweden and the UK, and used to augment a relationship between industry-level employment and output. Our empirical results align with the predictions of the theory and confirm that the size distribution of firms is an important determinant of the relationship between changes in output and employment.
Schlagwörter: 
Firm distribution
Firm size
Employment
Fluctuations
JEL: 
E20
E23
L20
Dokumentart: 
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