What happens when IKEA comes to town?

• Published in: Regional studies Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 313 - 323
• Main Authors: Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov, Mihaescu, Oana, Nilsson, Helena, Rudholm, Niklas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Routledge 01.02.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Beschäftigung; big-box retailing; comparación de resultados tendenciales; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; creación de empleo; création d'emploi; Data analysis; datos de panel; données de panel; Durable goods; Economic impact; Einzelhandelseinnahmen; empleo; emploi; Employment; Fachmarktzentren; grande distribution; grandes almacenes; Home furnishing industry; Inflow; ingresos al por menor; job creation; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys; Local government; Longitudinal studies; Municipalities; méthode d'appariement par score de propension; panel data; Paneldaten; Propensity; Propensity Score Matching; Purchasing power; Regional studies; Retail industry; retail revenues; Retail stores; Revenue; revenus des ventes au détail; Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen; 倾向分数配对; 工作创造; 批发零售; 零售额; 面板数据
• ISSN: 0034-3404; 1360-0591; 1360-0591
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1100287

What happens when IKEA comes to town? Regional Studies. The effects of a new IKEA store on retail revenues, employment and inflow of purchasing power in the entry municipalities as well as in neighbouring municipalities were investigated using data from 2000-11. A propensity score-matching method was used to find non-IKEA entry municipalities that were as similar as possible to the entry municipalities based on the situation before entry. The results indicate that IKEA entry increased entry municipality durable goods revenues by about 20% and employment by about 17%. Only small and, in most cases, statistically insignificant effects were found in neighbouring municipalities.