How large are the direct employment effects of new businesses? An empirical investigation for West Germany

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 245-260

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Weyh, Antje ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment change; New firms; Start up cohorts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845595087     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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