Employment adjustment in German firms

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 1 Share of the plants which decrease, do not change or increase their employment if their employment decreased, did not change or increased in the previous year (in percent)

Year	Plants whose employment decreased in the previous year			Plants whose employment did not change in the previous year			Plants whose employment increased in the previous year
Year	thereof plants, whose employment decreased	thereof plants, whose employment not chang.	thereof plants, whose employment increased	thereof plants, whose employment decreased	thereof plants, whose employment not chang.	thereof plants, whose employment increased	thereof plants, whose employment decreased	thereof plants, whose employment not chang.	thereof plants, whose employment increased
1996	33.37	47.22	19.41	18.28	68.40	13.32	27.07	48.24	24.69
1997	31.26	40.93	27.81	17.40	66.67	15.93	29.70	41.83	28.47
1998	26.78	44.38	28.84	19.67	65.26	15.07	30.71	37.85	31.44
1999	32.27	39.66	28.07	20.06	58.27	21.67	29.80	39.86	30.33
2000	29.98	44.94	25.08	19.85	63.13	17.01	37.03	38.11	24.86
2001	30.93	45.81	23.26	20.46	64.55	14.99	31.16	43.05	25.80
2002	31.88	44.43	23.69	21.57	66.10	12.33	34.14	41.43	24.42
2003	31.08	46.75	22.17	21.41	66.48	12.11	38.52	40.69	20.79
2004	31.14	47.40	21.46	19.37	68.60	12.03	34.16	41.98	23.86
2005	31.64	43.34	25.03	19.47	66.64	13.89	33.99	42.25	23.77
2006	25.24	48.66	26.10	17.55	68.05	14.40	26.32	49.41	24.28
2007	25.30	46.26	28.44	15.23	69.26	15.51	25.58	42.37	32.05
2008	25.55	48.15	26.30	15.48	69.28	15.24	26.27	39.96	33.77
2009	30.11	41.87	28.02	17.83	67.70	14.48	30.60	44.90	24.50
2010	26.95	41.36	31.68	15.52	68.77	15.71	27.91	44.85	27.25