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Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover? Evidence from German Administrative Data

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Hethey-Maier, T., Schmieder, J. Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover? Evidence from German Administrative Data. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 133(4), 477-510. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.133.4.477
Hethey-Maier, Tanja and Schmieder, Johannes F. "Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover? Evidence from German Administrative Data" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 133.4, 2013, 477-510. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.133.4.477
Hethey-Maier, Tanja/Schmieder, Johannes F. (2013): Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover? Evidence from German Administrative Data, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 133, iss. 4, 477-510, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.133.4.477

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Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover? Evidence from German Administrative Data

Hethey-Maier, Tanja | Schmieder, Johannes F.

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 133 (2013), Iss. 4 : pp. 477–510

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Tanja Hethey-Maier, Bundesagentur für Arbeit – Forschungsdatenzentrum, Regensburger Str. 104, 90478 Nürnberg.

Johannes F. Schmieder, Department of Economics, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

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Abstract

Administrative datasets provide an excellent source for detailed analysis of establishment entries and exits on a fine and disaggregate level. However, administrative datasets are not without problems: restructuring and relabeling of firms is often poorly measured and can create large biases. Information on worker flows between establishments can potentially alleviate these measurement issues, but it is typically hard to judge how well correction algorithms based on this methodology work. This paper evaluates the use of the worker flow methodology using a dataset from Germany, the Establishment History Panel. We first document the extent of misclassification that stems from relying solely on the first and last appearance of the establishment identifier (EID) to identify openings and closings: Only about 35 to 40 percent of new and disappearing EIDs with more than 3 employees are likely to correspond to real establishment entries and exits. We provide 3 pieces of evidence that using a classification system based on worker flows is superior to using EIDs only: First, establishment birth years generated using the worker flow methodology are much higher correlated with establishment birth years from an independent survey. Second, establishment entries and exits which are identified using the worker flow methodology move closely with the business cycle, while events which are identified as simple ID changes are not. Third, new establishment entries are small and show rapid growth, unlike new EIDs that correspond to ID changes.