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Why size class methodology matters in analyses of net and gross job flows
Cordelia Okolie
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC.
E-mail: Okolie_C@bls.gov.
Net and gross job flow statistics by size class are produced with data from the Business Employment Dynamics program; alternative methodologies for defining size classes yield sharply different pictures of employment growth.
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