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Location, location, location: place-specific human capital, rural firm entry and firm survival
Globalization, International Spillovers and Sectoral Changes: Implications for Regions and Industries
Document Type
Book Chapter
Disciplines
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
2-23-2018
DOI
10.4337/9781786432483.00015
Abstract
A majority of economic development programs in the U.S. are aimed at creating jobs; and a growing subset of the funds are allocated to achieving that objective by attracting and creating new firms1. According to a recent Kauffman Foundation report, young firms (those less than 5 years old) account for the vast majority of net new job creation in the U.S. (Wiens and Jackson, 2014). But the empirical reality is that one-third of new start-ups fail within two years of opening and two-thirds exit by their sixth year . The exit rates in table 1 illustrate another common finding demonstrated by Yu et al (2011): that rural firms exit at slower rates than urban firms.
Copyright Owner
Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett and Tina Wallin
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Georgeanne M. Artz, Zizhen Guo and Peter F. Orazem. "Location, location, location: place-specific human capital, rural firm entry and firm survival" Globalization, International Spillovers and Sectoral Changes: Implications for Regions and Industries (2018) p. 198 - 213 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/georgeanne-artz/52/
This is a draft chapter/article. The final version is available in Globalization, International Spillovers and Sectoral Changes: Implications for Regions and Industries edited by C Karlsson, A. Cornett, and T. Wallin, eds, published in 2018, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786432483.00015.
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