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Immigrant business owner activity in the pandemic and recovery

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2026

The paper provides a descriptive analysis of both the early impacts of COVID on business activity among immigrants and the economic recovery over the next few years. The findings indicate that immigrant business owners were disproportionately affected by COVID in the first month of the pandemic...

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Immigrant business owner activity in the pandemic and recovery

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2026

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Putting AI to the test : evidence from a large-scale RCT in rural China

Ma, Yue; Feng, Tianli; Fairlie, Robert W.; Chengfang, Liu; … - 2026

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has heightened interest in personalizing computer assisted learning (CAL) programs to tailor their instruction to individual students. Despite the proliferation of AI-driven CAL programs, evidence for their effectiveness remains limited. We present...

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The fall and rise of small businesses : race, government aid, and growth after the pandemic

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2026

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A Tale of Two Startups: The Loss and Gain of Startups in the U.S. Economy in the Pandemic

Fairlie, Robert; Fossen, Frank M.; Lyu, Ke; Fairlie, … - 2025

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A Tale of Two Startups: The Loss and Gain of Startups in the U.S. Economy in the Pandemic

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Lyu, Ke - 2025

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A tale of two startups : the loss and gain of startups in the U.S. economy in the pandemic

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Lyu, Ke - 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered an unprecedented shock to business entry, with sharply contrasting effects on different types of startups. Using newly constructed administrative data from the Comprehensive Startup Panel covering the universe of U.S. startups, we provide the first official...

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A tale of two startups : the loss and gain of startups in the U.S. economy in the pandemic

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Lyu, Ke - 2025

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A Family Affair : The Effects of College on Parent and Student Finances

Bhargava, Palaash; Black, Sandra E.; Denning, Jeffrey T.; … - 2025

Paying for college is often a family affair, with both parents and students contributing. We study the effects of college on family finances using administrative data on the universe of federal aid applicants in California linked to credit records. We provide the first comprehensive analysis of...

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Estimating Peer Effects among College Students: Evidence from a Field Experiment of One-to-One Pairings in STEM

Fairlie, Robert W.; Oliver, Daniel; Millhauser, Glenn; … - 2024

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Job Training, English Language Skills, and Employability: Evidence from an Experiment in Urban India

Loyalka, Prashant; Mistree, Dinsha; Fairlie, Robert W.; … - 2024

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The long-term impact of COVID-19 on minority employment by gender

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2025

Using Current Population Survey data from 2017 to 2022 and difference-in-difference models, we estimate the impact of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic unemployment gaps conditional on gender. We find that early in the pandemic for the full sample and within sub-groups of women and men that...

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