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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William R. - 2015
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more likely than other immigrants to operate dry cleaners, and Gujarati-speaking Indians are 108...
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And the Children Shall Lead : Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul A. - 2017
With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we … answer this question using a unique dataset of the gender of venture capital partners' children. First, we find strong …. Second, using an instrumental variable set-up, we also show that improved gender diversity, induced by parenting more …
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-Tech Sector
Brown, J. David - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries …. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479519
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Rugged Entrepreneurs : The Geographic and Cultural Contours of New Business Formation
Barrios, John M.; Hochberg, Yael V.; Macciocchi, Daniele - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
How do geographic and historical-cultural factors shape new business formation? Using novel data on new business registrations, we document that 75% of the variation in new business formation is explained by time-invariant county-level factors and examine the extent to which such variation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496160
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How is COVID Changing the Geography of Entrepreneurship? Evidence from the Startup Cartography Project
Fazio, Catherine E.; Guzman, Jorge; Liu, Yupeng; Stern, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Leveraging data from eight U.S. states from the Startup Cartography Project, this paper provides new insight into the changing nature and geography of entrepreneurship in the wake of the COVID pandemic. Consistent with other data sources, following an initial decline, the overall level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533336
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The State of American Entrepreneurship : New Estimates of the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship for 15 US States, 1988-2014
Guzman, Jorge - 2016
While official measures of business dynamism have seen a long-term decline, early-stage venture financing of new companies has reached levels not observed since the late 1990s, resulting in a sharp debate about the state of American entrepreneurship. Building on Guzman and Stern (2015a; 2015b), this...
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Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors' Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Bernstein, Shai; Mehta, Kunal; Townsend, Richard R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze a field experiment conducted on AngelList Talent, a large online search platform for startup jobs. In the experiment, AngelList randomly informed job seekers of whether a startup was funded by a top-tier investor and/or was funded recently. We find that the same startup receives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172146
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Minority Self-Employment in the United States and the Impact of Affirmative Action Programs
Blanchflower, David G. - 2008
evidence on trends in self-employment for the US by race, ethnicity and gender. Evidence is also presented for construction … which has self-employment rates roughly double the national rates and where there are strikingly high racial and gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464674
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Do Labor Market Networks Have An Important Spatial Dimension?
Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2013
We test for evidence of spatial, residence-based labor market networks. Turnover is lower for workers more connected to their neighbors generally and more connected to neighbors of the same race or ethnic group. Both results are consistent with networks producing better job matches, while the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459898
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Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth : Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
Kling, Jeffrey R. - 2004
, at least in the short run, but increases problem behaviors and property crime arrests. The gender difference in treatment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467913