We study the impact of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the quality of entrepreneurship in China. Using long series of … firm registration and performance data, we document that the massive SOE downsizing in the late 1990s significantly … high-skilled SOE employees were reluctantly unleashed into entrepreneurship. We also provide corroborating evidence for …

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 …

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 …

with lower reporting thresholds to provide a more complete estimate of total platform work. Updating data through 2021 …

partners (LPs). Using comprehensive administrative data on entrepreneurial activities and VC fundraising and investments in …

substantial differences in future economic outcomes. Using Census Bureau data, we characterize the different career profiles of …

administrative firm-level panel data covering the universe of businesses filing sales taxes from the California Department of Tax and …

Good data on the size and composition of the independent contractor workforce are elusive, with household survey and … administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self … employees in conventional household survey data and those who are independent contractors in a secondary work activity. We find …