We study how a reduction in financial constraints faced by homeowners affects consumption, and in turn employment … registries, and implement a difference-in-differences strategy based on the introduction of a new mortgage product in 2003 to … exogenous shift in consumption, which varies across municipalities and over time, is a strong predictor of the growth in …

investigate how employment decisions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been affected by credit constraints in the … banks. Yet, findings also indicate that employment consequences of credit shortages have been essentially detrimental for …

evidence on the impacts of labour market reforms, which seem to have a potential to address impediments towards employment …

contribution to total employment and gross domestic product (GDP) and compare them to private domiciled non-family firms in terms …, contributing to over one-third of all employment and GDP. Family firms are common across industries and sizes, ranging from the … heterogeneity. We furthermore find that they are smaller than private non-family firms in employment and sales and carry higher …

Worldwide 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep employment rates at their current level …. Governments, non-governmental organizations and donors spend on targeted programs and broader policies to enhance employment … creation and the creation of new firms. Because most employment in low and middle income countries is in micro, small and …

This paper takes advantage of access to detailed matched bank-firm data to investigate whether and how employment … constraints have been essentially detrimental for employment among SMEs experiencing a negative demand shock or facing strong … product market competition. In terms of human resources management, credit constraints are not only found to foster employment …

investigate whether and how employment decisions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been affected by credit … counterparts not facing such constraints. Yet, findings also indicate that employment consequences of credit shortages depend … detrimental for employment among SMEs experiencing a negative demand shock or facing severe product market competition. Finally …

This paper takes advantage of access to detailed matched bank-firm data to investigate whether and how employment … constraints have been essentially detrimental for employment among SMEs experiencing a negative demand shock or facing strong … product market competition. In terms of human resources management, credit constraints are not only found to foster employment …

represents 6 % of Belgium's domestic employment and 10.6 % of the country's gross domestic product. By means of statistical … techniques, the microeconomic impact of R&D efforts on average annual growth of value added, average annual employment growth and … has generally had a positive impact on average annual growth of value added and average annual employment growth for …

to survive the crisis. The first phase of the recession led to the largest loss of jobs since the oil crisis in Denmark … is still negative (Statistics Denmark, 2012). Consequently we present an assessment of factors that have been important …