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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 …
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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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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 …
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Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …
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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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administrative firm-level panel data covering the universe of businesses filing sales taxes from the California Department of Tax and …
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substantial differences in future economic outcomes. Using Census Bureau data, we characterize the different career profiles of …
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partners (LPs). Using comprehensive administrative data on entrepreneurial activities and VC fundraising and investments in …
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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...
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Self-employment is an important aspect of the immigrant experience in the labor market. Self-employment rates for immigrants exceed 15 percent for some national groups. This paper addresses three related questions on the self-employment experience of immigrants. First, how do self-employment...
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