Start-ups, job creation, and founder characteristics

Analyzing data on all US employers in a cohort of entering firms, we document a highly skewed size distribution, such that the largest 5% account for over half of cohort employment at firm birth and more than two-thirds at firm age 7. Analyzing linked survey-administrative data, we find that female,...

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Main Authors: Brown, J.D (Author), Earle, J.S (Author), Kim, M.J (Author), Lee, K.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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