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Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...

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Canadian small businesses' employees and owners during COVID-19

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Canadian employers are largely small businesses. Their relevance for job creation and labour demand is integral for policymakers concerned with adverse labour market outcomes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) we document how the self-employed,...

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Air pollution and entrepreneurship

Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2022 - This Version: November 2022

We examine the causal effect of air pollution on an individual's propensity for entrepreneurship in China. Our … entrepreneurship and locational choices, suggests that exposure to higher intensity of air pollution lowers one's proclivity for … entrepreneurship. A one standard deviation increase in air pollution leads to a 21.2% decrease in the propensity for entrepreneurship …

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Air pollution and entrepreneurship

Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2022 - This version: November 2022

We examine the causal effect of air pollution on an individual's propensity for entrepreneurship in China. Our … entrepreneurship and locational choices, suggests that exposure to higher intensity of air pollution lowers one's proclivity for … entrepreneurship. We also find that industrial activity and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between air pollution and …

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