Abstract
We study the location and occupational composition of establishments within firms between 1981 and 2016. Using Danish administrative employer-employee matched data, we document four novel results regarding the internal spatial organization of firms. First, the average number of establishments per firm increased by 21%. Second, the average distance of establishments and workers from their headquarters about doubled. Third, firms achieved this fragmentation by concentrating managers at headquarters locations and decentralizing jobs in production and business services occupations. Fourth, the ratio of managers to production and clerical workers within firms increased by 80%, driven particularly by headquarters and establishments located in the largest cities These facts imply that firms are not simply becoming more spatially dispersed; instead, they are fragmenting into functions.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 103366 |
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Urban Economics |
| Vol/bind | 124 |
| ISSN | 0094-1190 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - jul. 2021 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:We would like to thank the editor, Gilles Duranton; the two anonymous referees; Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Bernardo Blum, Bence Boje-Kovacs, Daniel Broxterman, Rolando Campusano, Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Ignatius Horstmann, José Martínez, Ismir Mulalic, William Strange, and Cecilie Dohlmann Weatherall for their valuable comments, as well as participants at the 2018 Canadian Economic Association meetings, 2018 UEA Meetings, Kraks Fond Seminars, and the University of Toronto International Economics Seminars. We also thank the Kraks Fond - Institute for Urban Economic Research and the Rotman School of Management for their financial support.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank the editor, Gilles Duranton; the two anonymous referees; Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Bernardo Blum, Bence Boje-Kovacs, Daniel Broxterman, Rolando Campusano, H?gni Kals? Hansen, Ignatius Horstmann, Jos? Mart?nez, Ismir Mulalic, William Strange, and Cecilie Dohlmann Weatherall for their valuable comments, as well as participants at the 2018 Canadian Economic Association meetings, 2018 UEA Meetings, Kraks Fond Seminars, and the University of Toronto International Economics Seminars. We also thank the Kraks Fond - Institute for Urban Economic Research and the Rotman School of Management for their financial support.
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