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Whom do high-growth firms hire?
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 17:26 authored by Alex Coad, Sven-Olov Daunfeldt, Dan Johansson, Karl WennbergWe study employment and new hires among high-growth firms (HGFs) in the Swedish knowledge-intensive sectors 1999–2002. Using matched employer–employee data, we find that HGFs are more likely to employ young people,poorly educated workers, immigrants, and individuals who experienced longer unemployment periods. However, these patterns seem ontingent on the stageof the firm’s evolution. HGFs that have already realized some rapid growth are more likely to hire individuals from other firms, even though immigrants are still overrepresented among new hires. In the case of both HGF employees and HGF new hires, employment opportunities in HGFs are provided by young and small firms.
Funding
IRC Distributed Projects Initiative; IRC
Skills, knowledge, innovation, policy and practice; ESRC; ES/J008427/1
FUSE; AHRC
ES/J008427/1; ESRC, TSB, BIS, NESTA
The Development and Exploitation of Financial Innovation; G0484; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; RES 598250054/ES/H008705/1
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
Industrial and Corporate ChangeISSN
0960-6491Publisher
Oxford University PressExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
23Page range
293-327Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes