Venture Capital Availability and Labor Market Performance in Industrial Countries: Evidence Based on Survey Data

Horst Feldmann

No 01/10, Department of Economics Working Papers from University of Bath, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper finds that more readily available venture capital is likely to have lowered unemployment rates and raised employment rates in industrial countries over the period 1982 to 2003. More readily available venture capital is also likely to have lowered the share of long-term unemployed in the total number of unemployed. The magnitude of the effects appears to have been substantial. To measure access to venture capital, we use answers from surveys of senior business executives. We also employ a large number of control variables. Our regression results are robust to variations in specification and sample size.

Keywords: unemployment; employment; labor market; venture capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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