Do Start-ups Provide Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Workers?

Fackler D, Fuchs M, Hölscher L, Schnabel C (2019)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Industrial & Labor Relations Review Industrial & Labor Relations Review

Book Volume: 72

Pages Range: 1123-1148

Journal Issue: 5

DOI: 10.1177/0019793918814476

Abstract

This article compares the hiring patterns of start-ups and incumbent firms to analyze whether start-ups offer relatively more job opportunities to disadvantaged workers. Using administrative linked employer–employee data for Germany that provide the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers, the authors show that young firms are more likely than incumbents to hire applicants who are older, foreign, or unemployed, or who have unstable employment histories, arrive from outside the labor force, or were affected by a plant closure. Analysis of entry wages shows that penalties for these disadvantaged workers, however, are higher in start-ups than in incumbent firms. Therefore, even if start-ups provide employment opportunities for certain groups of disadvantaged workers, the quality of these jobs in terms of initial remuneration appears to be low.

Authors with CRIS profile

Claus Schnabel Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik

Related research project(s)

Einstellungsverhalten, Beschäftigungsperspektiven und Entlohnung in neu gegründeten Betrieben Jan. 1, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2020

Involved external institutions

Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) DE Germany (DE) Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Fackler, D., Fuchs, M., Hölscher, L., & Schnabel, C. (2019). Do Start-ups Provide Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Workers? Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 72(5), 1123-1148. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019793918814476

MLA:

Fackler, Daniel, et al. "Do Start-ups Provide Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Workers?" Industrial & Labor Relations Review 72.5 (2019): 1123-1148.

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