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Following SNAP eligibility expansion, newly-eligible households are 20% more likely to own a business, driven by an increase in new firm birth of 12%.
The share of US employment accounted for by young firms has declined by almost 30% over the last 30 years.
Uninsured risk from leaving wage employment is a primary barrier to entrepreneurship.
Raising public health insurance coverage rates increased self-employment by 15%.
Stronger social safety nets increase entrepreneurship.
Allocating more government spending towards social and public goods relative to private subsidies is positively associated with entrepreneurship.
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sources
Does a Guaranteed Basic Income Encourage Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Alaska
Can Unemployment Insurance Spur Entrepreneurial Activity? Evidence from France
Entrepreneurship and the Allocation of Government Spending Under Imperfect Markets
Entrepreneurship and Public Health Insurance
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs
The Role of Entrepreneurship in US Job Creation and Economic Dynamism
authors
Daniel Kuehn
Robert Feinberg
David Thesmar
David Sraer
Antoinette Schoar
Johan Hombert
Asif Islam
Gareth Olds
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reports
Basic Income
Social Wealth Fund
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