Employment Cyclicality by Firm Size, Wage, Productivity and Age in Brazil

Cravo, Túlio; Jacinto, Paulo de Andrade; Schimanski, Caroline

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“…Newborn firms can contribute significantly to innovation fostering and improved efficiency in the developing countries (Goedhuys and Sleuwaegen 2010). Cravo et al (2018) used a unique monthly linked employer-employee dataset to explore the cyclicality of employment in firms at the manufacturing sector in Brazil over the period 2000-2014. The main conclusion of the study is that the relationship between productivity, wages and employment size are not strong as it was suggested by other studies.…”

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State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

2020

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Long-standing challenges concerning unemployment and the role of government have been the dominant underlying themes in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Effective State-Business Relations (SBRs) comprise a set of highly responsive and public interactions between the state and the business sector. The aim of this study is to explore the dynamics of net job creation rates in Egypt and Turkey, and the role of the SBRs, including various firm characteristics. The analysis relies on firm-level data derived from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys over the period 2008–2013. We implement the weighted ordinary least squares (OLS). Furthermore, we apply an Instrumental Variables (IV) Approach and the Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) method for robustness check, to deal with the potential endogeneity issues coming from the self-reported statements and the possible degree of reverse causality between SBRs and the main outcomes of interest. Our findings suggest four major obstacles to SBRs, with constraints of access to finance and credit and political instability being the common major obstacles in the two countries explored. Corruption and lack of proper infrastructure in electricity in Egypt are found to be the next two main obstacles in SBRs, while tax rates and competition from the informal sector are identified as the other two main obstacles in Turkey. The results show that obstacles in SBRs contribute negatively to the net job creation. According to these findings, policy implications include the need to make SBRs operate more efficiently, investments on proper infrastructure and policies that minimize corruption and political instability.

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State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

2020

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State Business Relations and The Dynamics of Job Flows in Egypt and Turkey

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2018

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Long-standing challenges concerning unemployment and the role of government have been the dominant underlying themes in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Effective State-Business Relations (SBRs) comprise a set of highly responsive and public interactions between the state and the business sector. The aim of this study is to explore the dynamics of net job creation rates in Egypt and Turkey, and the role of the SBRs, including various firm characteristics. The analysis relies on firm-level data derived from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys over the period 2008-2013. We implement the weighted ordinary least squares (OLS). Furthermore, we apply an Instrumental Variables (IV) Approach and the Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) method for robustness check, to deal with the potential endogeneity issues coming from the self-reported statements and the possible degree of reverse causality between SBRs and the main outcomes of interest. Our findings suggest four major obstacles to SBRs, with constraints of access to finance and credit and political instability being the common major obstacles in the two countries explored. Corruption and lack of proper infrastructure in electricity in Egypt are found to be the next two main obstacles in SBRs, while tax rates and competition from the informal sector are identified as the other two main obstacles in Turkey. The results show that obstacles in SBRs contribute negatively to the net job creation. According to these findings, policy implications include the need to make SBRs operate more efficiently, investments on proper infrastructure and policies that minimize corruption and political instability.

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Employment Cyclicality by Firm Size, Wage, Productivity and Age in Brazil

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State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

State Business Relations and The Dynamics of Job Flows in Egypt and Turkey

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