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Table 4 Job creation and job destruction rates in Estonia during the crisis

From: Labour market and labour market policies during great recession: the case of Estonia

 

Job creation

Job destruction

Net change

Gross change

Excess reallocation rate

2005-7

2009

2005-7

2009

2005-7

2009

2005-7

2009

2005-7

2009

Northern Estonia

16.9%

8.8%

9.3%

19.4%

7.6%

−10.6%

26.2%

28.2%

18.6%

17.6%

Central Estonia

11.4%

4.9%

8.9%

17.3%

2.5%

−12.4%

20.3%

22.2%

17.8%

9.8%

North-Eastern Estonia

8.6%

4.3%

8.3%

24.7%

0.4%

−20.3%

16.9%

29.0%

16.5%

8.7%

Western Estonia

14.3%

6.3%

10.0%

21.9%

4.4%

−15.6%

24.3%

28.2%

19.9%

12.6%

Southern Estonia

14.6%

7.0%

9.3%

20.1%

5.3%

−13.1%

23.9%

27.1%

18.6%

14.0%

Ownership

          

State

3.0%

0.7%

4.7%

7.4%

−1.7%

−6.7%

7.7%

8.1%

6.0%

1.4%

Domestic private

15.1%

7.1%

9.9%

20.7%

5.2%

−13.6%

25.0%

27.8%

19.8%

14.2%

Foreign

16.1%

7.0%

7.4%

18.8%

8.8%

−11.8%

23.5%

25.8%

14.7%

14.0%

Firm size

          

1-9

16.2%

7.0%

10.5%

20.2%

5.7%

−13.2%

26.7%

27.2%

21.0%

14.0%

10-19

14.5%

5.7%

8.1%

20.2%

6.5%

−14.5%

22.6%

25.9%

16.1%

11.4%

20-49

12.9%

4.5%

7.3%

18.3%

5.5%

−13.8%

20.2%

22.8%

14.7%

9.0%

50-99

11.1%

4.6%

5.1%

14.6%

6.0%

−9.9%

16.2%

19.2%

10.2%

9.3%

100-249

11.2%

6.9%

8.0%

18.0%

3.2%

−11.1%

19.2%

24.9%

16.0%

13.8%

More than 250

8.7%

6.6%

4.6%

9.4%

4.1%

−2.8%

13.3%

16.0%

9.2%

13.2%

Total economy

14.8%

6.9%

9.2%

19.8%

5.5%

−12.9%

24.0%

26.7%

18.5%

13.8%

  1. Source: Masso and Krillo (2011), author`s calculation.