Employment growth by size class: firm and establishment data.

The first-time application of the BLS Business Employment Dynamics program firm size class methodology to establishment-level data reveals that some of the net job creation attributed to large firms comes from small and medium-sized establishments; also, the two time series are highly correlated and...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 134; no. 12; pp. 3 - 13
Main Authors: Dalton, Sherry, Friesenhahn, Erik, Spletzer, James, TaIan, David
Format: Article
Published: US Department of Labor Dec2011
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Summary:The first-time application of the BLS Business Employment Dynamics program firm size class methodology to establishment-level data reveals that some of the net job creation attributed to large firms comes from small and medium-sized establishments; also, the two time series are highly correlated and possess similar cyclical movements