Gross Job Flows In Ukrainian Industry

This paper documents and analyses gross job flows in manufacturing sector in Ukraine using annual census data from 1993 to 2001. Annual job destruction dominated job creation during 1993-2000 implying persistent net employment losses every year, while a sharp jump in job creation rate from 2000 to 2001 has led to net employment gain in 2001. We find also that small firms are more dynamic than large firms, that private firms have a higher net employment growth rate, and that the behavior of firms is quite heterogeneous across industrial sectors and regions