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Government grants, plant survival and employment growth : a micro-econometric analysis

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dc.creator Girma, Sourafel
dc.creator Görg, Holger
dc.creator Strobl, Eric
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:14:49Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:14:49Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier IZA discussion papers Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn 838
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3015
dc.identifier ppn:367381133
dc.identifier ppn:367381133
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3015
dc.description In this paper we analyse the impact of governmental grant provision on plant performance. To this end we utilise rich information derived from three data sources for the manufacturing sector in Ireland, where grant provision has been an important part of the industrial policy. We use a matching technique combined with a difference-in-differences estimator in the empirical analysis. Our results indicate that particularly capital related, but also other types of grants can provide an important impetus to plant survival and employment growth. We also discover some differences in terms of the effectiveness of grants between foreign multinationals and domestic plants. Specifically, while grants have helped to stimulate employment creation in multinationals, they may not always be an effective way of ensuring that these remain in the host country. In contrast, grants have in general been successful in not only helping domestic plants to survive longer, but also to create more jobs.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit Bonn
dc.relation Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 838
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 838
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject L2
dc.subject H2
dc.subject J2
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject government assistance , grants , employment , survival , matching , difference-indifferences
dc.subject Industriepolitik
dc.subject Strukturpolitik
dc.subject Subvention
dc.subject Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse
dc.subject Unternehmensentwicklung
dc.subject Beschäftigungseffekt
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Irland
dc.title Government grants, plant survival and employment growth : a micro-econometric analysis
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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