Sector Switching: An Unexplored Dimension of Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries

Total

Percent

Total

Percent

Switch to:

15

17

18

19

20

21

22

24

25

26

27

28

29

31

32

33

34

35

36

oTH AGR SER

switchers

of total

exits

of total

ISIC 15

1

1

2

1

11

1

4

1

1

1

1

6

70

101

(1.3)

756

(9.8)

iSic 17

1

23

1

3

2

1

1

10

1

1

4

48

(3.9)

101

(8.2)

ISIc 18

24

14

2

1

5

3

2

1

3

1

27

83

(3.9)

246

(11.5)

ISIc 19

2

9

1

4

1

2

1

3

4

27

(3.8)

75

(10.6)

ISIc 20

3

2

1

1

6

3

5

3

1

5

4

130

4

33

201

(9.0)

231

(10.3)

ISIc 21

2

1

2

2

18

10

1

1

2

6

45

(3.4)

124

(9.4)

ISIc 22

1

2

1

25

2

2

1

1

2

1

1

8

47

(3.7)

136

(10.7)

ISIc 24

ISIc 25

ISIc 26

ISIc 27

7

3

1

1

1

1

4

9

3

1

1

4

4

12

52

(4.0)

117

(9.0)

2

3

4

2

7

5

5

1

1

11

3

2

1

2

5

9

1

1

17

82

(4.7)

144

(8.2)

4

1

1

14

3

1

6

1

1

6

13

27

78

(2.7)

311

(10.6)

1

1

2

16

1

1

1

3

26

(5.5)

41

(8.7)

ISIc 28

1

1

2

2

3

1

1

5

4

29

37

9

1

9

15

11

1

41

173

(6.5)

292

(10.9)

ISIc 29

1

1

1

1

3

1

33

11

1

2

5

3

2

17

82

(9.1)

101

(11.1)

ISIc 31

1

1

7

2

9

2

2

7

31

(6.0)

37

(7.2)

ISIc 32

1

4

1

4

2

1

2

2

17

(7.0)

23

(9.4)

ISIc 33

2

2

3

1

1

3

12

(9.3)

10

(7.8)

ISIc 34

1

2

14

6

2

23

1

1

17

67

(13.0)

49

(9.5)

ISIc 35

2

2

3

10

3

1

16

3

11

51

(6.9)

72

(9.7)

ISIC 36

2

1

104

3

4

7

8

3

2

15

3

1

4

1

1

1

48

208

(10.1)

212

(10.3)

Total
switchers
Percent

18

37

44

24

128

51

38

42

64

27

35

137

60

33

18

9

36

55

179

7

32

357

1,431

(4.6)

3,078

(10.0)

of total

Total

(0.2)

(3.0)

(2.1)

(3.4)

(5.7)

(3.9)

(3.0)

(3.2)

(3.6)

(0.9)

(7.5)

(5.1)

(6.6)

(6.4)

(7.4)

(7.0)

(7.0)

(7.4)

(8.7)

(4.6)

entrants

Percent

811

190

448

104

369

169

266

187

287

335

81

589

163

80

38

11

70

107

401

4,706

of total

(10.5) (15.5) (20.9) (14.8) (16.5) (12.8) (20.9) (14.4) (16.3) (11.4) (17.3) (22.0) (18.0) (15.5) (15.6) (8.5) (13.6) (14.4) (19.4)

(15.2)