losses in terms of employment and earnings are matched only by the losses in terms of real wealth. In many ways, however …

study whether changes in housing prices affect self-employment entry. We find that housing appreciation measured at the MSA …-level is a significantly positive determinant of entry into self-employment after controlling for changes in local economic …

-owned businesses have lower survival rates, profits, employment and sales. We find that female-owned businesses are less successful …

The recent shift to remote work raised the amenity value of employment. As compensation adjusts to share the amenity …

-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and … employment rates of African-American men. Black business ownership rates increased significantly after program initiation, with … the black-white gap falling three percentage points. The evidence that the racial gap in employment also fell is less …