Job Creation and Job Destruction in a Transition Economy: Ownership, Firm Size

Comprehensive firm-level data for Polish manufacturing show that in state- owned firms the large drop in net employment since the start of the transition in 1990 has been driven by a jump in the job destruction rate; job creation, by contrast, is located disproportionately in the private sector. Small firms are more dynamic than large firms, but even after controlling for size, private firms have a higher net employment growth rate.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Konings, J. ; Lehmann, H. ; Schaffer, M.E.
Institutions:	Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School of Management and Languages

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CERT Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series DP Number 9611
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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