TY  - JOUR
AU  - Haltiwanger, John C
AU  - Jarmin, Ron S
AU  - Miranda, Javier
TI  - Who Creates Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 16300
PY  - 2010
Y2  - August 2010
DO  - 10.3386/w16300
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16300
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16300.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
John C. Haltiwanger
Department of Economics
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: 301/405-3504
Fax: 301/405-3542
E-Mail: haltiwan@econ.umd.edu

Ron S. Jarmin
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233
Tel: 301.763.1858
E-Mail: ron.s.jarmin@census.gov

Javier Miranda
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Economy-Wide Statistics Division
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233
Tel: 301-763-6466
E-Mail: javier.miranda@census.gov
M2  - featured in NBER digest on 2011-01-31
AB  - The view that small businesses create the most jobs remains appealing to policymakers and small business advocates. Using data from the Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics and Longitudinal Business Database, we explore the many issues at the core of this ongoing debate. We find that the relationship between firm size and employment growth is sensitive to these issues. However, our main finding is that once we control for firm age there is no systematic relationship between firm size and growth. Our findings highlight the important role of business startups and young businesses in U.S. job creation.
ER  -