Do micro start-ups fuel job creation? Cross-country evidence from the DynEmp Express database
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9778-x
Abstract: Exploiting a novel database recently built from national business registers by the OECD with the support of an international network of experts, this paper investigates the growth dynamics of micro-firms (employing less than ten workers)… read more here.
Keywords: micro firms; micro start; database; job creation ... See more keywords
Performance and job creation among self-employed immigrants and natives in Sweden
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00223-z
Abstract: This paper uses individual-level panel data for all self-employed in the retail and service sectors to study how immigrant- and native-owned firms perform and contribute to job creation in Sweden. We use an individual fixed-effects… read more here.
Keywords: self employed; self employment; job creation; immigrants natives ... See more keywords
Gross, net, and new job creation by entrepreneurs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.06.001
Abstract: Using a dataset with over 24 million year-employment observations and the universe of more than 230,000 entries into entrepreneurship in one economy we analyze the gross (including the founders), net (excluding the founders), and new… read more here.
Keywords: net new; job creation; creation entrepreneurs; gross net ... See more keywords
Technology and employment: Mass unemployment or job creation? Empirical evidence from European patenting firms
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.008
Abstract: This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003–2012. The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS… read more here.
Keywords: technology employment; patenting firms; employment mass; job creation ... See more keywords
Tax Incentives and Job Creation in the Tourism Sector of Brazil’s SUDENE Area
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.02.034
Abstract: In recent decades, a significant number of developing countries have implemented fiscal incentives programs for the tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local… read more here.
Keywords: sudene area; tourism; tax incentives; job creation ... See more keywords