-ups achieve on average higher employment growth rates than non-innovative ones independent of their location in Eastern or Western … connections between employment growth on the one hand and firmspecific as well as firm-external factors in Eastern and Western …

the years before exit. For this reason we evaluate whether market exits differ significantly in their employment … important characteristics measured at start-up. The comparison of the employment growth rates among the thus formed groups …. A considerable number of firms exiting from 1995 until 1998 has experienced continuing employment losses or at least an …

and Western Germany. Descriptive analyses have shown that most firms experience only small positive or negative employment … growth or stagnate over time. The job generation mechanism rests with a handful of firms that increase their employment …

interview data). The empirical analysis shows that firms receiving assistance perform better in terms of employment growth over …