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Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industrial Distribution of Employment

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Davis, S-J
Henrekson, M

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What factors determine national differences in the size and industry distribution of employment? This study stresses the role of business taxation, employment security laws, credit market policies, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector.

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Paper provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in its series Research Institute of Industrial Economics Working Papers with number 482.

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Date of creation: 1997
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Keywords: INDUSTRIAL POLICY ; TAXATION ; LABOUR FORCE ; EMPLOYMENT ; FISCAL POLICY;

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L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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  1. Steven J. Davis & Magnus Henrekson, 1997. "Industrial Policy, Employer Size, and Economic Performance in Sweden," NBER Chapters, in: The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model, pages 353-398 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Leamer, E.E. & Lundborg, P., 1995. "A Heckscher-Ohlin View of Sweden Competing in the Global Marketplace," Research Institute of Industrial Economics Working Papers 437, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
  3. Richard B. Freeman, 1982. "Crime and the Labor Market," NBER Working Papers 1031, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Steve J. Davis & John Haltiwanger, 1991. "Wage Dispersion Between and Within U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963-1986," NBER Working Papers 3722, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Jorgenson, D.W., 1992. "Tax Reform and the Cost of Capital : An International Comparison," Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers 1621, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research.
  6. Gertler, Mark & Gilchrist, Simon, 1994. "Monetary Policy, Business Cycles, and the Behavior of Small Manufacturing Firms," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 109(2), pages 309-40, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Steven Fazzari & R. Glenn Hubbard & Bruce C. Petersen, 1988. "Financing Constraints and Corporate Investment," NBER Working Papers 2387, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Edin, P.A. & Holmlund, B., 1992. "The Swedish Wage Structure : The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Policy," Papers 1992-13, Uppsala - Working Paper Series.
  9. Jovanovic, B. & Nyarko, Y., 1996. "Stepping Stone Mobility," Working Papers 96-26, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Soderten, J., 1989. "The Investment Funds System Reconsidered," Papers 1989g, Uppsala - Working Paper Series.
  11. Acs, Zoltan J & Audretsch, David B, 1988. "Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(4), pages 678-90, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  12. Charles Brown & James L. Medoff, 1989. "The Employer Size-Wage Effect," NBER Working Papers 2870, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Edward E. Learner & Per Lundborg, 1997. "A Heckscher-Ohlin View of Sweden Competing in the Global Marketplace," NBER Chapters, in: The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model, pages 399-464 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
  14. Jovanovic, Boyan, 1979. "Job Matching and the Theory of Turnover," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 87(5), pages 972-90, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  15. Davis, Steven J., 1997. "Sorting, learning, and mobility when jobs have scarcity value : A comment," Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 327-337, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  16. Stefan Fölster & Sam Peltzman, 1993. "The Social Costs of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden," University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State 91, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State.
  17. Schwalbach, Joachim, 1994. " Small Business Dynamics in Europe," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 21-25, February.
  18. Steven J. Davis, 1992. "Cross-Country Patterns of Change in Relative Wages," NBER Working Papers 4085, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  19. Sodersten, Jan, 1989. " The Investment Funds System Reconsidered," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 91(4), pages 671-87.
  20. Steven J. Davis & John C. Haltiwanger & Scott Schuh, 1998. "Job Creation and Destruction," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262540932, January.
  21. Steven J. Davis & John Haltiwanger, 1995. "Employer Size and The Wage Structure in U.S. Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers 5393, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Hutchinson, Robert W, 1995. " The Capital Structure and Investment Decisions of the Small Owner-Managed Firm: Some Exploratory Issues," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 7(3), pages 231-39, June.
  23. Barron, John M & Black, Dan A & Loewenstein, Mark A, 1987. "Employer Size: The Implications for Search, Training, Capital Investment, Starting Wages, and Wage Growth," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 5(1), pages 76-89, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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