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March 2007, Vol. 130, No. 3

Employment dynamics: small and large firms over the business cycle

Jessica Helfand
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Helfand.Jessica@bls.gov

Akbar Sadeghi
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Sadeghi.Akbar@bls.gov

Talan.David@bls.gov
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail:
Talan.David@bls.gov


The use of the dynamic-sizing approach to measuring employment growth by size of firm provides information useful in the debate on small firm versus large firm job creation.

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