Small Business and Self-employment as Income Mobility Mechanisms by Bradley R. Schiller gauges income growth using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY) and finds that the incidence and extent of income mobility is higher for self-employed individuals than for paid employees.
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Research Summary
The U.S. Census Bureau has released preliminary firm-level data from the 2007 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). This data include a summary of the number of firms, sales, and employment by various owner characteristics.
2007 Survey of Business Owners
Preliminary SBO data by state
Preliminary SBO data by industrial sector
On July 8, 2010, Advocacy filed comments with the Consumer Product Safety Commission providing the agency with its Regulatory Flexibility Act suggestions and industry concerns about the potential economic impacts associated with finalizing the safety standards for children’s bassinets and cradles.
July 8, 2010
Fact Sheet
The July 2010 issue of The Small Business Advocate features a new study on small business credit, as well as a column by the chief economist on high-impact entrepreneurs.
The Small Business Advocate
The research study Bank Credit, Trade Credit or No Credit: Evidence from the Surveys of Small Business Finances compares firms that use credit (leveraged firms) with those that do not (unleveraged firms), and examines which kind of credit the leveraged firms use—bank credit (loans or lines of credit), trade credit (from suppliers), or both.
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Press Release
U.S. Census Bureau employment size of firm data (partially funded by Advocacy) has been updated for 2007. The data list the number of firms, establishments, employment, annual payroll and receipts by firm size for regions by industry. The data is now available for a twenty-year period covering a few business cycles, making time series analysis a possibility. Additions to the data for this year include county figures and more industry detail for states (going back to 1998.) Historic county figures are a future priority.
Firm Size Data
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