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Gerlach, K., Wagner, J. Gross and Net Employment Flows in Manufacturing Industries. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 113(1), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.113.1.17
Gerlach, Knut and Wagner, Joachim "Gross and Net Employment Flows in Manufacturing Industries" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 113.1, 1993, 17-28. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.113.1.17
Gerlach, Knut/Wagner, Joachim (1993): Gross and Net Employment Flows in Manufacturing Industries, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 113, iss. 1, 17-28, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.113.1.17

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Gross and Net Employment Flows in Manufacturing Industries

Gerlach, Knut | Wagner, Joachim

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 113 (1993), Iss. 1 : pp. 17–28

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Gerlach, Knut

Wagner, Joachim

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This article uses the unique data set of employment in about 7000 manufacturing establishments in Lower Saxony in the period 1978 - 1989 to investigate the dynamics of employment. Basic findings include: (1) Gross flows of employment substantially exceed net employment changes. (2) Establishments in technologically advanced sectors experience a more favourable growth of employment; the pattern between gross and net employment flows, however, is persistent. (3) No evidence is found that establishments exhibit different employment growth rates according to firm size classes; employment growth rates persist for several periods independent of firm size, however.