Job generation and new and small firms: Some evidence from the late 1980s |
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Authors: | Mark Hart Eric Hanvey |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Applied Economics, University of Ulster, BT37 0QB Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland;(2) Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre, 46-48 University Road, BT7 1NJ Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Abstract: | This paper adopts a components of employment change methodology and examines the process of job generation in the late 1980s for three contrasting regions of the United Kingdom. The emphasis in the analysis is on the contribution of new and small firms to regional manufacturing employment growth. The results indicate the important role of new and small indigenous firms in the job generation process, particularly in Northern Ireland, in the period 1986–90. However, the level of displacement associated with these job creations is sufficiently high to cause concern about the longterm sustainability of these trends. The paper concludes by arguing that policies designed to stimulate new firm formation and small firm growth are not in themselves sufficient to promote growth. |
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Keywords: | Job generation new and small firms Northern Ireland |
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