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Table 1. 
Number of Paid Workers in All Plants with Viable Data and MNE Shares
Paid Workers in All Plants (1,000s)MNE Shares of Paid Workers (%)
Industry2000200120022003200420002001200220032004
Medium-large plants, 1,498 1,341 1,441 1,452 1,501 40 41 40 40 40 
  20+ workers           
17 sample industries 1,397 1,246 1,339 1,352 1,393 41 42 41 41 42 
Food and beverages 113.945 113.523 120.215 123.549 124.806 14 14 13 12 13 
Textiles 44.005 39.219 43.427 37.962 36.242 48 47 50 43 45 
Apparel 69.244 64.769 74.281 68.214 77.000 30 35 42 34 49 
Wood products 123.493 112.469 108.890 111.324 114.278 14 15 15 17 17 
Paper products 32.185 29.457 32.898 30.494 34.040 16 21 17 15 16 
Chemicals 45.406 42.147 47.076 48.989 51.367 38 41 41 38 39 
Rubber products 72.505 67.061 66.594 69.072 72.318 36 37 39 41 39 
Plastics 91.455 82.441 98.369 101.143 100.176 23 24 28 30 31 
Non-metallic 55.508 55.623 55.732 54.158 54.182 22 23 24 23 24 
  mineral products           
Basic metals 39.878 37.959 40.128 40.835 42.081 24 24 25 27 22 
Fabricated metals 57.730 52.093 61.743 63.662 68.045 28 26 24 27 24 
General machinery 46.561 45.091 45.420 44.943 51.062 52 47 41 38 40 
Office, computing, and 101.030 95.658 82.802 81.936 89.155 82 85 92 91 93 
  precision machinery           
Electrical machinery 77.121 60.444 65.876 67.848 67.425 54 62 50 60 59 
Radio, TV, and 330.140 250.308 279.046 292.317 285.123 70 78 74 73 73 
  communication           
  machinery           
Motor vehicles 33.700 38.999 46.739 47.776 50.597 16 12 10 15 16 
Furniture 63.286 59.226 69.289 67.987 75.369 20 18 17 14 14 
7 excluded industries 101 94 103 100 107 20 21 19 16 21 
Small plants, 73 48 45 43 39 2 2 2 2 2 
  1–19 workers           
Paid Workers in All Plants (1,000s)MNE Shares of Paid Workers (%)
Industry2000200120022003200420002001200220032004
Medium-large plants, 1,498 1,341 1,441 1,452 1,501 40 41 40 40 40 
  20+ workers           
17 sample industries 1,397 1,246 1,339 1,352 1,393 41 42 41 41 42 
Food and beverages 113.945 113.523 120.215 123.549 124.806 14 14 13 12 13 
Textiles 44.005 39.219 43.427 37.962 36.242 48 47 50 43 45 
Apparel 69.244 64.769 74.281 68.214 77.000 30 35 42 34 49 
Wood products 123.493 112.469 108.890 111.324 114.278 14 15 15 17 17 
Paper products 32.185 29.457 32.898 30.494 34.040 16 21 17 15 16 
Chemicals 45.406 42.147 47.076 48.989 51.367 38 41 41 38 39 
Rubber products 72.505 67.061 66.594 69.072 72.318 36 37 39 41 39 
Plastics 91.455 82.441 98.369 101.143 100.176 23 24 28 30 31 
Non-metallic 55.508 55.623 55.732 54.158 54.182 22 23 24 23 24 
  mineral products           
Basic metals 39.878 37.959 40.128 40.835 42.081 24 24 25 27 22 
Fabricated metals 57.730 52.093 61.743 63.662 68.045 28 26 24 27 24 
General machinery 46.561 45.091 45.420 44.943 51.062 52 47 41 38 40 
Office, computing, and 101.030 95.658 82.802 81.936 89.155 82 85 92 91 93 
  precision machinery           
Electrical machinery 77.121 60.444 65.876 67.848 67.425 54 62 50 60 59 
Radio, TV, and 330.140 250.308 279.046 292.317 285.123 70 78 74 73 73 
  communication           
  machinery           
Motor vehicles 33.700 38.999 46.739 47.776 50.597 16 12 10 15 16 
Furniture 63.286 59.226 69.289 67.987 75.369 20 18 17 14 14 
7 excluded industries 101 94 103 100 107 20 21 19 16 21 
Small plants, 73 48 45 43 39 2 2 2 2 2 
  1–19 workers           

Note: Plants with viable data are those with positive paid workers, output, worker compensation, and fixed assets. Excluded industries are tobacco, leather and footwear, publishing, petroleum products, other transport equipment, miscellaneous manufacturing, and recycling.

Source: Author's compilations from micro data underlying Department of Statistics (2002, various years).

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