Many studies have explored the determinants of entering into entrepreneurship and the differences in self-employment … are more likely to exit towards employment in the wage sector, suggesting that entrepreneurship represents for them an … intermediate step from non-employment to paid employment. …

- and employment-oriented startups in the KFS, we find that Asian-owned and Hispanic-owned startups have higher rates of …

, revenues, and employment. Improvements in electrification was an important channel driving these results, as firms used more …

that the largest 5% account for over half of cohort employment at firm birth and more than two-thirds at firm age 7. Little …

.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on … firm age, size, industry, year, and employment history, and with instrumental variables capturing ease of access to SBA … constraints impede small business growth prior to loan receipt. We also investigate the variation in estimated employment effects …