New business formation and employment growth: some evidence for the Spanish manufacturing industry

Author

Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria

Liviano Solís, Daniel

Martín Bofarull, Mònica

Other authors

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia

Publication date

2006



Abstract

This paper explores the effects of new business formation on employment growth in Spanish manufacturing industries. New firms are believed to make an important contribution to economic growth but the extent of this contribution is unclear. We consider time lags of new firm formation as explanatory variables of employment change and identify how long the effect of new firm entries on employment lasts. Our main results show that the effects of new business formation are positive in the short term, negative in the medium term and positive in the long term, thus confirming the existence of indirect supply-side effects found in similar studies for other countries. Key words: regional growth, firm entry, time lags and Spanish economy. JEL classifications: L00, L60, R11, R12

Document Type

Working document

Language

English

Subject

Empreses -- Creació; Creació d'ocupació; Espanya; Manufactures

Pages

23 pàgines

386926 bytes

Collection

Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia; 2006-4;

Documents

DT.2006-4-1.pdf

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