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July 2004

Why size class methodology matters in analyses of net and gross job flows

Cordelia Okolie

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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