Arbeitspapier

Firm dynamics in East Germany: first empirical results

In this paper, we report results of an ongoing empirical analysis of firm dynamics in East Germany. After discussing specifics of a newly available data set with information on more than 100.000 firms, we analyze patterns of business starts and failures. Furthermore, we present preliminary results on employment, revenue and labor productivity growth in East German firms. They suggest that large East German enterprises are characterized by significant labor shedding and small or no nominal revenue growth, resulting in an apparently impressive gain in labor productivity. Small firms turn out to be the carriers of employment growth. On average, they experience the highest revenue growth rates. However, the combination of revenue and employment growth yields labor productivity increases well below those of larger firms.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 92-05

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Unternehmensentwicklung
Unternehmensgründung
Konkurs
Betriebsgröße
Neue Bundesländer

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Harhoff, Dietmar
Stahl, Konrad O.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
1992

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Harhoff, Dietmar
  • Stahl, Konrad O.
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
  • ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Time of origin

  • 1992

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