The direct employment effects of new businesses in Germany revisited: An empirical investigation for 1976-2004

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-363

  Schindele, Yvonne ^a   Weyh, Antje ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment change; Liability of aging; New firms; Start up cohorts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951724064     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9218-2     Document Type: Article

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