000079518 001__ 79518 000079518 005__ 20200609132532.0 000079518 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s11187-018-0048-y 000079518 0248_ $$2sideral$$a106470 000079518 037__ $$aART-2018-106470 000079518 041__ $$aeng 000079518 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5181-929X$$aMedrano-Adán, L. 000079518 245__ $$aFirm size and productivity from occupational choices 000079518 260__ $$c2018 000079518 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000079518 5203_ $$aWe model the distributions of firm sizes and of firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) as outcomes of a market equilibrium from the occupational decisions of individuals with different entrepreneurial skills, of working as employees, employers, or solo entrepreneurs. The model explains empirical regularities such as (i) the positive cross-section correlation between average size of firms and average labor productivity of countries, (ii) the positive association between size and TFP of firms in an economy, and (iii) the power law distribution of firm sizes. Two parameters of the model, one that measures the organizational size diseconomies and other related to the dispersion of the distribution of entrepreneurial skills in the population, appear as main determinants of the differences in firm sizes and in productivity, across economies and among firms within an economy. The results of the paper should be of interest for the design and evaluation of firm-size-dependent policies. 000079518 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/CREVALOR$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2013-48496-C4-3-R 000079518 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000079518 590__ $$a3.555$$b2018 000079518 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b38 / 363 = 0.105$$c2018$$dQ1$$eT1 000079518 591__ $$aMANAGEMENT$$b49 / 217 = 0.226$$c2018$$dQ1$$eT1 000079518 591__ $$aBUSINESS$$b41 / 147 = 0.279$$c2018$$dQ2$$eT1 000079518 592__ $$a1.913$$b2018 000079518 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2018$$dQ1 000079518 593__ $$aBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)$$c2018$$dQ1 000079518 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000079518 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8405-1056$$aSalas-Fumás, V.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000079518 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2945-9141$$aSanchez-Asin, J. J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000079518 7102_ $$14012$$2650$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas$$cÁrea Organización de Empresas 000079518 773__ $$g53 (2018), 243 - 267$$pSmall bus. econ.$$tSmall Business Economics$$x0921-898X 000079518 8564_ $$s546534$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79518/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000079518 8564_ $$s61680$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79518/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000079518 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:79518$$particulos$$pdriver 000079518 951__ $$a2020-06-09-13:21:57 000079518 980__ $$aARTICLE