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An International Comparison of Small Business Employment

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John Schmitt
Nathan Lane

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Contrary to popular perceptions, the United States has a much smaller small-business sector (as a share of total employment) than other countries at a comparable level of economic development, according to this new CEPR report. The authors observe that the undersized U.S. small business sector is consistent with the view that high health care costs discourage small business formation, since start-ups in other countries can tap into government-funded health care systems.

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Paper provided by Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in its series CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs with number 2009-27.

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Date of creation: Aug 2009
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Keywords: small business; employment; health care;

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O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth
O5 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies
O51 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
O52 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
O57 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution
J - Labor and Demographic Economics
J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
J49 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Other
L - Industrial Organization

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