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An international cohort comparison of size effects on job growth
Anyadike-Danes, Michael; Bjuggren, Carl-Magnus; … - 2014 - Version: 1 October 2014
The contribution of different-sized businesses to job creation continues to attract policymakers’ attention, however, it has recently been recognized that conclusions about size were confounded with the effect of age. We probe the role of size, controlling for age, by comparing the cohorts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437615
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Who creates jobs? : estimating job creation rates at the firm level
Huber, Peter; Oberhofer, Harald; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2013
This paper analyzes econometric models of the Davis, Haltiwanger and Schuh (1996) job creation rate. In line with the most recent job creation literature, we focus on employment-weighted OLS estimation. Our main theoretical result reveals that employment-weighted OLS estimation of DHS job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211979
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Firm Dynamics by Age and Size Classes and the Choice of Size Measure
Giannoulakis, Stylianos; Sakellaris, Plutarchos - 2021
employment. Our results indicate that public policies aimed at supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249320
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The impact of the entrepreneur and firm related factors on small and medium enterprise sales growth
Avdullahi, Ajtene; Ademi, Vjosa Fejza - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 13 (2020) 1, pp. 61-68
Purpose: In nowadays economy, the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is continually increasing as they …. The SMEs' growth depends mostly upon its internal factors like the entrepreneur related factors and firm related factors …. The main objective of this research is to explore how these internal factors influence SMEs' sales growth. Design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240195
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Growth dynamics of young small firms : evidence from Tunisia
Arouri, Hassan; BenYoussef, Adel; Quatraro, Francesco; … - 2018
The aim of this paper is to investigate the growth dynamics of young small firms (in contrast with larger and older incumbents) in a developing country context, using a unique and comprehensive dataset of non-agricultural Tunisian companies. Our results suggest that significant differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131444
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Job creation and the intra-distribution dynamics of the firm size distribution
Huber, Peter; Oberhofer, Harald; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2012
Based on a three equations model for initial firm size, survival and firm growth we estimate firm-specific transition probabilities between size classes of the firm size distribution. This allows to analyze counterfactual scenarios that assess the impact of changes in exogenous variables on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731086
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Job Creation and the Intra-Distribution Dynamics of the Firm Size Distribution
Huber, Peter - 2011
Based on a structural model for initial firm size, survival and firm growth we estimate firm-specific transition probabilities between size classes of the firm size distribution. This allows an assessment of the impact of different (counterfactual) economic policy measures on intra-distribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123024
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Entrepreneurial spawning and firm characteristics
Habib, Michel Antoine; Hege, Ulrich; Mella-Barral, Pierre - 2011
We analyze the implications of entrepreneurial spawning for a variety of firm characteristics such as size, focus, profitability, and innovativeness. We examine the dynamics of spawning over time. Our model accounts for much of the empirical evidence relating to the relation between spawning and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009017
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Gazelles as Job Creators : A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
Henrekson, Magnus - 2013
It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta-analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms -- so-called Gazelles -- that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075280
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Female Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Growth : Evidence From Congo
Mongane Espoir, Cito; Smith-Hunter, Andrea E.; Nolan, James - 2021
statistics and the Logistic Regression. The findings confirm that SMEs owned by women show a better sales growth and a low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249826