small business owners. They applied only to unincorporated firms. We utilize both a theoretical model and empirical data …

generalized anxiety disorder detract from the employment and labor force participation of males and females; however, we do not … addressing the potential endogeneity of mental illness, we continue to find that mental illness adversely affects employment and … gains in employment for 3.2 million individuals and reduction in workplace cost of absenteeism of $18.9 billion due to …

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … employment, and the effects are primarily felt by the relatively smaller businesses; the impact on large businesses are generally … non-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we …

firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them … small business sector’s health. Previously this was difficult due to a lack of appropriate data. This paper fills this … important gap by developing a new Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index that focuses on the smallest of small businesses with …

index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment and the …