1. THE DYNAMICS OF
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH:
NEW EVIDENCE FROM
THE DYNEMP PROJECT

2. Not all SMEs are young…
Source: Criscuolo, Gal and Menon (2014). Please also see the methodological notes.
Age distribution of small firms (<249 employees)

3. … but most young firms are SMEs
Size distribution of young firms (<=5 years old)
Source: Criscuolo, Gal and Menon (2014). Please also see the methodological notes.

4. SMEs are important…
Source: Criscuolo, Gal and Menon (2014). Please also see the methodological notes.

5. …but young SMEs are those
which create jobs
Source: Criscuolo, Gal and Menon (2014). Please also see the methodological notes.

6. 6
Net job creation by surviving entrants relative to total
employment varies significantly across countries
Source: Calvino, Criscuolo and Menon (2015)
Shareofemployment(%) The contribution to net job creation by
start-up vary across countries

7. 7
Net job creation by surviving entrants is
a combination of four elements
Start-up ratio Survival rate (after 3 years)
Average size at entry Average post-entry growth
EmployeesUnitsper1000Employees
Final/initialempl.(%)Shareofsurvivingunits(%)
Source: Calvino, Criscuolo and Menon (2015)

8. The share of start-ups is
declining in most countries…
Share of start-ups (less than 3 year old) in all firms - average over the period
Source: Criscuolo, Gal and Menon (2014). Please also see the methodological notes.

9. The crisis resulted in a sharp increase in gross
job destruction and a drop in gross job creation…
Job creation, job destruction and churning rate, 2001-11
(Unweighted average across countries, index 2006-07 = 100)
Source: OECD (2015), OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015: Innovation for growth and society,
OECD Publishing, Paris. Statlink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933272807.

10. …and most jobs were destroyed by
the downsizing of old incumbents
Contribution to net job creation rate by group of firms, 2001-11
(Unweighted average across countries in the non-financial business sector)
Source: OECD (2015), OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015: Innovation for growth and society,
OECD Publishing, Paris. Statlink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933272828

11. For more information:
Write to dynemp@oecd.org
Or visit http://www.oecd.org/sti/dynemp.htm