In this study we evaluate a special form of business support – support to cover costs associated with business counselling. The policy question is whether firms that receive this support within the Regional Business Development programme have a positive outcome compared with firms that do not...

In this study we evaluate a special form of business support - support to cover costs associated with business counselling. The policy question is whether firms that receive this support within the Regional Business Development programme have a positive outcome compared with firms that do not...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the state funded business counselling on firm growth. Design/methodology/approach – A quasi-experimental difference-in-difference estimation of treatment effects, using a matched sample of comparable untreated firms. Findings – Firms that...

Gender equality has long been a focus in regional development in the European Union. In a Swedish context, the interest has been borne from the fact that rural and sparsely populated areas have a 'women shortage', and that this tendency is accelerating as young women move to cities, while young...

Cuts in payrolls taxes as a regional support measure is used throughout Europe. In this study we address some of the shortcomings in previous evaluations. A first shortcoming concerns expected outcomes. Most evaluation focus employment impacts and there are from previous research few indications...