The dynamics of employment growth: new evidence from 18 countries

Criscuolo, Chiara ORCID: 0000-0002-0428-7884, Gal, Peter N. and Menon, Carlo (2014) The dynamics of employment growth: new evidence from 18 countries. CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1274). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

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Motivated by the on-going interest of policy makers in the sources of job creation, this paper presents results from a new OECD project on the dynamics of employment (DynEmp) based on an innovative methodology using firm-level data (i.e. national business registers or similar sources). It demonstrates that among small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), young firms play a central role in creating jobs, whereas old SMEs tend to destroy jobs. This pattern holds robustly across 17 OECD countries and Brazil, extending recent evidence found in the United States. The paper also shows that young firms are always net job creators throughout the business cycle, even during the financial crisis. During the crisis, entry and post-entry growth by young firms were affected most heavily, although downsizing by old firms was responsible for most job losses. The results also highlight large cross-country differences in the growth potential of young firms, pointing to the role played by national policies in enabling successful firms to create jobs.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/series.asp?...
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Authors
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D20 - General E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation) L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification and Scope, Age, Profit, and Sales L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L29 - Other
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2014 16:45
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 20:28
Funders:	Economic and Social Research Council
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60286

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