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The Economic Effects of Immigration Pardons : Evidence from Venezuelan Entrepreneurs
Bahar, Dany; Cowgill, Bo; Guzman, Jorge - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
economic activity in the form of higher entrepreneurship. Using administrative census data linked to the complete formal … created include both employer and non-employer firms and are relatively low on assets. In panel data specifications, the …
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Race and Gender in Entrepreneurial Finance
Ewens, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
underrepresented founders. The article ends with an extensive set of research ideas motivated by the gaps in the entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388800
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Racial Protests and Credit Access
Garcia, Raffi E.; Ortega, Alberto - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine the impact of local racial demonstrations, such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, and the subsequent racial justice movement following the death of George Floyd on racial disparities in Paycheck Protection Program loan disbursements to small businesses. Using...
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544679
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Credit Supply Shocks and Firm Dynamics : Evidence from Brazil
Bazzi, Samuel; Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Oliveira, Raquel F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We explore how financial constraints distort the entry decisions among otherwise productive entrepreneurs and limit growth of promising young firms. A model of liquidity-constrained entrepreneurs suggests that the easing of credit constraints can induce more entry of firms with greater long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372477
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Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility : Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Smith, Kendall E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
substantial differences in future economic outcomes. Using Census Bureau data, we characterize the different career profiles of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468267
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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Racial Inequality in Business Earnings
Fairlie, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Many small businesses have closed, lost revenues, or downsized as a response to health and economic disruptions caused by COVID-19. But, were economic losses in the pandemic disproportionately felt by businesses owned by people of color? This paper provides the first study of the impacts of...
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Were Small Businesses More Likely to Permanently Close in the Pandemic?
Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
administrative firm-level panel data covering the universe of businesses filing sales taxes from the California Department of Tax and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334502
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Self-Employment Within the Firm
Bassi, Vittorio; Lee, Jay; Peter, Alessandra; Porzio, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We collect time-use data for entrepreneurs and their workers in over 1,000 manufacturing firms in urban Uganda. We … with our data, and find large barriers to labor specialization. This setting is close, in terms of aggregate productivity …
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The Transformation of Self Employment
Colaiacovo, Innessa; Dalton, Margaret G.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
self-employment to 23%. This same time period also witnessed declines in "hometown" local entrepreneurship and the … probability of the self-employed being among top earners. Using 2016 data, we show that high startup capital requirements are …
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