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Last Hired, First Fired? Black-White Unemployment and the Business Cycle

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Past studies have tested the claim that blacks are the last hired during periods of economic growth and the first fired in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the business cycle. Any conclusion drawn from this type of analysis must be viewed as tentative...

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Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

that human capital, especially through prior work experience, and financial capital play in contributing to why female … than male-owned businesses because they have less startup capital, and business human capital acquired through prior work … experience in a similar business and prior work experience in family business. We also find some evidence that female …

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Mexican-American Entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Woodruff, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Although business ownership has implications for income inequality, wealth accumulation and job creation, surprisingly little research explores why Mexican-Americans are less likely to start businesses and why the businesses that they start are less successful on average than non-Latino whites....

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Race, Ethnicity and the Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage

Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using matched data from the 1996 to 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we examine racial patterns in annual transitions into and out of health insurance coverage. We first decompose racial differences in static health insurance coverage rates into group differences in transition rates into...

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