DP912 Job Creation and Job Destruction in Britain: 1980-90
Author(s): | David Blanchflower, Simon Burgess |
Publication Date: | February 1994 |
Keyword(s): | Growth of Firms, Job Creation, Job Destruction, Reallocation |
JEL(s): | E32, J23, J63 |
Programme Areas: | Human Resources |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=912 |
This paper characterizes the processes of job creation and job destruction (JC&D) in Britain, and provides more `stylized facts' to hold up against models of JC&D. The analysis is based on three large cross-sections of continuing plants in Britain. The issues examined include the diversity of employment growth rates and the correspondingly substantial JC&D rates. We show that both job creation