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1by Robert W. Fairlie Published in Journal of labor economics (01.01.1999)“...Estimates from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics indicate that African‐American men are one‐third as likely to be self‐employed as white men. The large...”
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2“...Using confidential microdata from the U. S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses, making comparisons to male-owned...”
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3by Robert W. Fairlie Florian Hoffmann Philip Oreopoulos Published in The American economic review (01.08.2014)“...Administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if underrepresented minority students benefit from taking courses with...”
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4“...Using confidential microdata from the Characteristics of Business Owners survey, we examine why African American–owned businesses lag substantially behind...”
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5“...Recent research has concluded that the children of business owners are substantially more likely than others to become self-employed themselves. The authors of...”
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6by Robert W. Fairlie Jonathan Robinson Published in American economic journal. Applied economics (01.07.2013)“...Computers are an important part of modern education, yet many schoolchildren lack access to a computer at home. We test whether this impedes educational...”
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7“...There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational production function. To investigate the...”
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8by Fairlie, Robert W Karlan, Dean Zinman, Jonathan Published in American economic journal. Economic policy (2015)“...Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate testable predictions regarding...”
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9by Aaron K. Chatterji Kenneth Y. Chay Robert W. Fairlie Published in Journal of labor economics (01.07.2014)“...In the 1980s, many US cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of...”
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10by Fairlie, Robert W Published in Journal of economics & management strategy (Summer 2013)“...The “Great Recession” resulted in many business closings and foreclosures, but what effect did it have on business formation? On the one hand, recessions...”
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11by Robert W. Fairlie Published in Small business economics (01.10.2004)“...Using Current Population Survey (CPS) microdata, I examine trends and the causes of the trends from 1979 to 1998 in business ownership among several...”
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12by Fairlie, Robert W Published in Management science (01.02.2006)“...In contrast to the large and rapidly growing literature on information technology (IT) investments and firm productivity, we know very little about the role of...”
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13by Alicia M. Robb Robert W. Fairlie Published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (01.09.2007)“...Using data from multiple sources, including the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey, the authors trace out the relationship between wealth and access to...”
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14by Robert W. Fairlie Published in Journal of labor economics (01.07.2002)“...Theoretical models of self‐employment posit that attitudes toward risk, entrepreneurial ability, and preferences for autonomy are central to the individual's...”
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15“...Using confidential microdata from the US Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of Asian-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a special...”
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16by Robert W. Fairlie Alexandra M. Resch Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.02.2002)“...Using a recently released confidential data set from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), we find some evidence of "white flight" from public...”
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18“...The existence of liquidity constraints for entrepreneurs has been challenged by the finding that business entry rates are invariant throughout most of the...”
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19“...We examine white and black male nonagricultural self-employment from 1910 to 1997. Self-employment rates fell through 1970 and then rose. White male trends...”
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20by Fairlie, Robert W Miranda, Javier Zolas, Nikolas Published in Industrial & labor relations review (01.10.2019)“...The field of entrepreneurship is growing rapidly and expanding into new areas. This article presents a new compilation of administrative panel data on the...”