Robert Fairlie is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research. Zachary Kroff is an economist with the Center for Economic Studies at the US Census Bureau. Javier Miranda is Deputy Head of the Department of Structural Change and Productivity at the Halle Institute for Economic Research in Germany. He is also Associate Professor in Microeconomics, Productivity Research, at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Nikolas Zolas is Senior Economist with the Center for Economic Studies at the US Census Bureau.
Preface vii
1 Introduction: Entrepreneurship 1
2 Businesses and Startups in the United States 15
3 Job Creation by Startups 39
4 Startup Survival 61
5 The Dynamics of Job Creation and Survival among Startups 77
6 Refining Our Definition of an Entrepreneur 99
7 Who Owns Startups? 133
8 Policy Implications and Future Research 167
Notes 191
References 203
Index 215
