Some of the most fundamental questions in economics involve the boundaries of the firm. Although some firms are small and easy to categorize, others are diverse organizations with many establishments operating in different industries with different types of employees. We assemble a unique data set that links the labor-market information of individual establishments to their ultimate beneficial owners, in order to study the labor markets of firms with complex organizational structures.
Some of the most fundamental questions in economics involve the boundaries of the firm. Although some firms are small and easy to categorize, others a...