This paper documents and analyses gross job flows in manufacturing sector in Ukraine using annual census
data from 1993 to 2001. Annual job destruction dominated job creation during 1993-2000 implying persistent
net employment losses every year, while a sharp jump in job creation rate from 2000 to 2001 has led to net
employment gain in 2001. We find also that small firms are more dynamic than large firms, that private firms
have a higher net employment growth rate, and that the behavior of firms is quite heterogeneous across industrial
sectors and regions.