.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on … constraints impede small business growth prior to loan receipt. We also investigate the variation in estimated employment effects …

dataset on executives and outside directors of corporations listed on the Paris stock exchange over the 1992-2003 period. This …

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …

Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a … generalised augmented Solow-type growth model, yields some answers to this question. In particular, we show that the impact of … unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends on the influence of human capital in the production function. In the …

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust … interactions between trust and economic development in the realms of finance, innovation, the organization of firms, the labor …

aggregate labor supply and savings. Next, we turn to economic growth, and describe how accounting for families is central for …

growth of African countries primarily due to the high prevalence of agriculture in these countries. But with avenues of … countries in the East African Community (EAC). Recently, the growth rate of the service sector has been impressive in the … sales growth, innovation and turnovers of service firms. The results show the factors that have contributed to the …