Helping small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic is critical to ensuring a strong economic recovery. Since the start of the pandemic, small businesses have had to navigate a multitude of challenges including public health regulations, reduced demand for some products and services, and...

Using the panel feature of the Current Population Survey, we examine how the employment status of people who were self-employed business owners (working at least 15 hours per week in the business) in February 2020 changed over the following year, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. We...