Gross Job-Creation and Gross Job-Destruction Determinants: Empirical Analyse at Micro Firms Data Level
https://doi.org/10.22394/2410-132X-2020-6-4-236-245
Abstract
This study analyses gross job-creation and gross job-destruction determinants at the firm level for a panel of Portuguese micro-firms across four industry sectors, using the Ordinary Leat Square and Fixed Effect econometrics model to analyse a database consisting on 15.686 micro firms, for the period going from 2010 to 2017. It was found that laggard gross job-creation, assets tangibility, financial leverage, profits, and the fact firms belong to the construction sector determine gross job-creation. Regarding gross job-destruction, it was found that this variable is determined by its laggard variable, firm’s size, worker’s tenure, and the fact the firm belongs to the hotels and restaurant sector. Finally, findings suggest that a resource-based approach explains gross job-creation and gross job-creation for micro firms by using microdata. This study contributes to the state of the art on the determinants of employment and firing at micro firms’ level as it investigates the importance of the independent variables in explaining micro firm’s labour demand in Portugal.
Supporting agencies: This research is financed by national funds, through the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the UID/SOC/04011/2019 Project.
About the Authors
T. Leonardo
University José Eduardo dos Santos
Angola
Angola
Tadeu Leonardo– PhD student in Economics, Coordinator of the economics course and head of the department of teaching and research in economics at Faculty of Economy
Angola, Huambo
D. Francisco
Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies
Portugal
Portugal
Francisco Diniz – PhD in Ecoinomics, Associate Professor with Habilitation (Retired), Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD)
Portugal, Quinta dos Prados, 5000–801 Vila Real
Scopus Author ID: 55881300300
https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/BF1D-3C66-B0D9
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Leonardo T., Francisco D. Gross Job-Creation and Gross Job-Destruction Determinants: Empirical Analyse at Micro Firms Data Level. Economics of Science. 2020;6(4):236-245. https://doi.org/10.22394/2410-132X-2020-6-4-236-245
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