The authors study firm dynamics using a novel database of all formally registered firms in Cote d'Ivoire from 1977 to 1997, which account for about 60 percent of gross domestic product. First, they examine entry and exit patterns and the role of new and exiting firms versus incumbents in job creation and destruction. They find that while the rate of job creation at new firms is quiet high -- at 8 percent on average -- the number of jobs added by new...
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2011/10/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS5828
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2011/10/01
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Disclosed
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Patterns of business creation, survival and growth : evidence from Africa
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Finance & Private Sector Development