The aim of this project is to use plant-level records from the Census of Employment for the period 1993-2005 to separate net employment change into four main components: openings, closures and the expansion and contraction of surviving establishments. This accounting framework, further broken down by size, sector, ownership and location, will allow us to identify how particular types of establishments (e.g., small versus large; new versus survivors; fast growing new firms or inward investment) contribute to gross and net job creation over this 12 year period for Northern Ireland as a whole, as well as some insight into the sub-regional patterns of change.

Researchers
Mark Hart, Karen Bonner

Completed Work
Start-ups and Economic Development: Job Creation in Northern Ireland 1993-2005

Job Generation in Northern Ireland: the relative contributions of new and existing small firms, 1993-2005

Escaping the Dead Hand of the Past: the Direct Employment Effects of New Firm Formation and the Dynamics of Job Growth in Northern Ireland, 1995-200
(Paper) (Conference Presentation)

New business formation in a rapidly growing economy: the Irish experience
May 2009

Measuring Business Growth: High-growth Firms and their Contribution to Employment in the UK
October 2009


The Economic Impact of High-Growth Start-ups: Understanding the Challenge for Policy in the UK
November 2009

Modelling the Individual Determinants of High Aspiration Firms in the UK
November 2009