Small vs. Young Firms across the World : Contribution to Employment, Job Creation, and Growth

Small vs. Young Firms across the World : Contribution to Employment, Job Creation, and Growth

This paper describes a unique cross-country database that presents consistent and comparable information on the contribution of the small and medium enterprises sector to total employment, job creation, and growth in 99 countries. The authors compa...

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Main Authors: Ayyagari, Meghana, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Maksimovic, Vojislav
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMPANY
CONGLOMERATE
CORPORATION
COUNTRY DUMMIES
CREATING JOBS
CREATION OF JOBS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATES
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
EMPLOYMENT SHARE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXTERNAL FINANCE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FIRM GROWTH
FIRM LEVEL
FIRM SIZE
FIRMS
FREE PRESS
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JOB CREATION
JOB CREATION RATES
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB GAIN
JOB GAINS
JOB GENERATION
JOBS
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
LEGAL ENFORCEMENT
LICENSING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MARKET STANDARDS
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
MERGERS
MINIMUM WAGES
NET EMPLOYMENT
NET JOB CREATION
NET JOB LOSS
NET JOB LOSSES
OUTPUT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIOS
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSIONS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REINVESTMENT
SAFETY
SAFETY STANDARDS
SALES GROWTH
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESSES
SMALL FIRM
SMALL FIRMS
SME
SME SECTOR
SME STATISTICS
STARTUPS
TAX
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TURNOVER
VENTURE CAPITAL
WORKERS
WORKING HOURS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110411130747
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3397

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110411130747
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3397

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