Document Type : ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Authors
1 Ph.D. in Economics, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, and Social Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
4 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract
Small and medium-sized enterprises are limited economic entities that provide the basis for economic development through the accumulation of micro-financial resources, entrepreneurship and connection with industries. These companies also play a vital role in economic growth, employment, wealth generation and poverty reduction of countries. The purpose of this article is surveying the effects of SME credits on employment (a dynamic computable general equilibrium model). Data collection has done in library and field and using the data of Iranian Statistics Center. Information analysis has done in the form of a New Keynesian model of dynamically computable general equilibrium using GAMS software. To complete the research, this discussion has been considered for large enterprises comparatively and as an aspect research innovation. Results of employment creation analysis in small, medium and large enterprises show that employment creation rate during the period 2005-2012,according to the credit ceiling of 20, 30, 40 and 50 percent which is done by the government is ascendant.Therefore, it can be said that the amount of allocated credits has a direct effect on the productions of small, medium and large enterprises and, consequently, on employment creation. Due to the centralization of the integrated management system and the kind of government supports that provides to these types of enterprises, the rate of employment creation in large enterprises was more than small and medium enterprise.
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