Small firms' finances: effects on employment, wages and growth.

该项目旨在评估进入金融和信贷市场的困难如何影响中小型企业(SME)关于就业、工资、进入和退出的决定。虽然中小企业部门是澳大利亚最大的雇主，但财务限制对这些公司的市场表现及其创造和维持就业的能力的影响程度尚不清楚。该项目计划对公司层面的面板数据进行计量分析，以填补这一空白。预期的结果是微观计量经济学结果，旨在改善有针对性的劳动力和金融政策。预期的好处是，在动荡的市场条件下，为支持就业、生产率和工资的政策回应提供投入。

The project aims to estimate how difficulties in accessing financial and credit markets affect small and medium enterprise (SME) decisions about employment, wages, entry and exit. Although the SME sector is Australia’s largest employer, the extent to which financial constraints affect these firms' market performance and their ability to create and sustain employment is unknown. The project plans to use an econometric analysis of firm level panel data to fill this gap. The intended outcome is micro-econometric findings tailored to improve targeted labour and financial policy. The expected benefit is to provide input to policy responses that support employment, productivity and wages in volatile market conditions.