TY - BOOK ID - 133864159 TI - Employment Growth Patterns in South Asia Some Evidence from Interim Enterprise Survey Data PY - 2011 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Achieving Shared Growth KW - Conflict KW - Economic Growth KW - Employment growth KW - Expansion KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Firm growth KW - Firm size KW - Gibrat's law KW - Labor Markets KW - Microfinance KW - Private Sector Development KW - Rural KW - Security KW - Small Scale Enterprise KW - Urban KW - War KW - South Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133864159 AB - This paper analyzes firm growth patterns in South Asia, using establishment level data from an Interim Enterprise Survey. The survey was conducted by the World Bank in 2009 and 2010 and covers seven countries in the region. The first finding suggests that size in the base year gains importance for employment growth and firm age is statistically insignificant for growth. This contradicts the thought that young and small firms are the bearers of growth. Second, establishments in larger localities expanded faster, confirming the observation of urban centers as growth poles. Third, establishments in areas of severe conflict performed worse than establishments in other areas. Interestingly, the distribution of growth rates shows that both firm growth and fast-growing firms exist in conflict regions. ER -