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| Title: | | The link between firm births and job creation : is there a upas tree effect?  |
| Authors: | | van Stel, André J. Storey, David J. |
| Issue Date: | | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Papers on entrepreneurship, growth and public policy 3304 |
| Abstract: | | This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The relationship between new-firm startups and employment growth has previously been examined either with no time-lag or with only a short period lag. We find, for GB as a whole, no significant relationship between startups and employment creation in the 1980s, but a negative relationship for the 'low enterprise' area of the North East of England. For the 1990s we find a significant positive relationship for GB as a whole but for Scotland, which focussed policy on startups, a negative relationship. We feel this raises questions over policies designed to raise rates of new firm formation as a strategy for employment creation, particularly in 'low enterprise' areas. |
| Subjects: | | new-firm startups employment growth entrepreneurship Great Britain |
| JEL: | | M13 L10 J23 R11 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Discussion Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, MPI für Ökonomik
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