European researchers and governments have begun to pay particular attention to the emergence of local economies based on technology and to the role of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in providing employment opportunities.To better understand these trends, the clustering of British...

This paper provides new evidence that, controlling for other effects, the growth of employment in high technology SMEs depends on the initial horizontal clustering. The paper focuses on employment change over the period 1991-2000 in Computing Services and Research and Development (R&D)...

We use the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to analyse whether employed and unemployed job seekers are substitutes by comparing their individual characteristics and past (un)employment and job histories. Since the BHPS does not directly collect information on job search activities of...

We use the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to analyse whether employed and unemployed job seekers are substitutes by comparing their individual characteristics and past (un)employment and job histories. Since the BHPS does not directly collect information on job search activities of...

The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of unemployed people finding a job. However, there is no evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are similar or apply for the same jobs. We combine the Labour Force Survey and the British Household Panel...