Author
Karin Henshaw
Abstract
Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED), allows us to decompose the forces behind net job change using different dimensions such as firm size. For example, which firm size class generates the most jobs?
In this paper, we apply four alternative firm sizing methodologies to the LEED data; examine their effect on gross flows; and set the scene for further research.
We find that alternative methodologies create different portraits of gross job flows by firm size. The statistics highlight how alternative methodologies can result in different conclusions about the employment dynamics of New Zealand businesses by firm size class.
Firm size class methodology in the linked employer-employee data (LEED): Initial analysis of different firm size class methodologies on gross flow statistics (PDF, 343kb)