Co-operatives societies in Spain: job-creating firms. a special reference to Andalusia
Abstract
The interaction between employment and the economic cycle makes it possible to observe the behavior of cooperatives in Spain's regions. The aim of the analysis was to determine the job creation potential of Spanish cooperatives, particularly in Andalusia. An inductive methodology was used through a descriptive statistical analysis and a shift-share analysis. The results showed that, with respect to Spain, Andalusia stands out significantly in some of the variables observed. For the period 2005-2016, the number of people employed in co-operatives in the region increased by a greater percentage than in the country as a whole. In particular, during the period of crisis (2008-2015), cooperatives increased the number of people employed, demonstrating their greater capacity to generate employment than the other legal forms of the Social Economy.
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