Robert W. Fairlie

The Promise and Peril of Entrepreneurship

Job Creation and Survival among US Startups

A clearer view of entrepreneurship, based on new comprehensive data, that upends what we know about job creation and survival among US startups. Start...

Race and Entrepreneurial Success

Black-, Asian-, and White-Owned Businesses in the United States

A comprehensive analysis of racial disparities and the determinants of entrepreneurial performance—in particular, why Asian-owned businesses on aver...

ICT Use in the Developing World

An Analysis of Differences in Computer and Internet Penetration

Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of this expansion in technology ado...

Drug Dealing and Legitimate Self-employment

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Does Immigration Hurt African-American Self-employment?

Previous studies tend to find that immigration has a weak negative effect on the employment and earnings of native-born workers. These studies overloo...

Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationalees for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

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Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data

An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets

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Behind the Gate Experiment

Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

We use randomized program offers and multiple follow-up survey waves to examine the effects of entrepreneurship training on a broad set of outcomes. T...