Self-employment and local economic performance: Evidence from U.S. counties
2011 study in the journal Papers in Regional Science on the benefits of having more self-employed people and small businesses in a region.
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Where have all the U.S. startups and young firms gone?
2012 report by researchers from the University of Maryland and the U.S. Census Bureau on the relative decline in startups and “young” firms across the United States.
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U.S. National Science Board: Science and engineering indicators, 2012
2012 report from the National Science Foundation putting U.S. research and development and high tech industries in global context.
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The variability of returns on initial public offerings (IPOs)
2012 study from Penn State, Loyola Marymount and the University of Rochester on the difficulty of accurately pricing initial stock offerings.
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Cities, skills and wages in the United States
2012 study by the University of Toronto on the relationship between the skills used in a job and the salary for that job in a city of a given size.
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Effects of fair trade on income, educational attainment and health in three countries
2009 study in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing on how participation in a fair-trade organization affected the income, education and health of producers
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Role of microfinance in promoting women’s social capital
2009 study from Wesleyan University in the American Sociological Review on how small loan programs help women in India to gain skills and power.
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The bias against creativity: Why people desire but reject creative ideas
2011 study by Cornell University published in Psychological Science on feelings of uncertainty and the adoption of novel or practical ideas.
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Skilled immigration and economic growth
2008 Harvard, Duke and University of California study on the contributions of highly skilled and educated immigrants to the United States economy.
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