Exploratory Study on the Effect of the Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Institution on the Regional Employment: Focusing on the Partner Square of N Company

창업 인프라 기관의 지역 고용효과에 관한 탐색적 연구: N사 파트너스퀘어를 중심으로

  • Kim, Jong Sung (Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship, Kookmin University) ;
  • Shim, Jae Hun (Global Readership Division, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Do Hyeon (College of Business Administration, Kookmin University)
  • 김종성 (국민대학교 글로창업벤처대학원) ;
  • 심재훈 (연세대학교 글로벌인재대학) ;
  • 김도현 (국민대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2020.03.05
  • Accepted : 2020.06.23
  • Published : 2020.06.30

Abstract

Governments and private companies have established various local entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions in most regions in order to reduce youth unemployment, and boost youth entrepreneurship and regional employment. However, previous studies has been limited to explore the impact of the entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions on the willingness of start-up entrepreneurs. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to fill in the gaps of the research, identify the effect of the entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions on regional employment focusing on the Partner Squares which are entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions in several regions and established by N company, and set a foundation for further research regarding the effectiveness of the entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions. In order to verify the effectiveness of the Partner Squares on the local employment, we use the raw data of the Economically Active Population Survey (Statistics Korea) and analyze the effectiveness by using the Difference-in-Differences model. The main findings are as follows. While the Partner Square Seoul has not statistically influenced on the employment of local youth workers, the Partner Square Busan has increased about 3% of the average number of employees (575 thousand) from May 2017 to July 2019, increasing the number of local youth workers by 17,000. Also, after the establishment of the Partner Square Gwangju, the institution has increased 4,500 local employees, which is about 1.7% of the average number of employees (267,000) from September 2018 to July 2019. This implies that the Partner Squares provide a variety of effective start-up education programs and networks for pre-starters and founders in the region, thereby helping them to grow and boosting the local employment. An important implication is that by using government statistical data, we find roles of entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions to revitalize local economy and employment. In future studies, studies need to be conducted considering various exogenous variables that can affect local employment, such as the government industrial policies and entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions other than the Partner Squares.

정부와 민간기업에서는 현재의 청년실업을 극복하고 청년창업 및 지역 고용을 활성화하기 위해 다양한 창업 인프라 기관을 지역 내 구축하고 있음에도 불구하고, 이와 관련한 선행연구는 창업 인프라 기관이 예비창업자들의 창업 의지에 미치는 영향을 중심으로 제한적으로 다루어져 왔다. 본 연구는 이러한 연구 공백을 채우고 지역 창업 인프라 기관이 지역 고용에 과연 어떠한 효과가 있는지 N사의 창업 인프라 기관인 파트너스퀘어를 대상으로 규명해 보고, 향후 창업 인프라 효과성 검증 관련 후속 연구의 기반을 마련하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 N사 파트너스퀘어의 지역 고용 효과성을 검증하고자 정부통계데이터인 경제활동인구조사(통계청)의 원자료를 계량모형인 이중차분법(Difference-in-Differences)으로 분석했다. 주요 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 파트너스퀘어 서울의 설립은 서울 청년층의 취업을 통계적으로 유의하게 증가시키지 못하는 것으로 나타났으나, 파트너스퀘어 부산의 설립은 2017년 5월~2019년 7월 기간에 평균 취업자 수(575천 명)의 약 3%를 상승시켜 지역 청년취업자수를 약 1만 7천 명 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 파트너스퀘어 광주는 설립된 후 2018년 9월~2019년 7월 기간에 평균 취업자 수(267천 명)의 약 1.7%인 4천 5백 명 증가시키는 것으로 분석되었다. 이는 창업 인프라 기관인 파트너스퀘어 부산과 광주가 지역의 예비창업자 및 창업자를 대상으로 다양한 창업교육프로그램 및 네트워크를 형성할 수 있는 프로그램을 제공하여, 창업자들의 성장에 도움을 주고 있으며, 통계적으로 유의미하게 지역 고용을 활성화시키고 있는 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 연구 결과는 창업 인프라 기관이 지역경제 및 고용 활성화에 도움을 주고 있음을 정부통계데이터를 통해 탐색적으로 실증분석을 했다는 점에서 시사점을 갖는다. 추후 연구에서는 정부의 산업육성정책, 파트너스퀘어 이외 창업 인프라 기관 등 지역 고용효과에 미칠 수 있는 다양한 외생변수를 고려한 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이다.

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