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An Analysis of Changes in the Distribution of Household Wealth and Income for Small Business Owning Households, 1989 to 1992

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  • George Haynes

    (University of Montana)

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The 1990’s were marked by the largest ever peacetime expansion in the U.S. economy. This rapid expansion of business income has raised an important equity question: who’s earning the income and accumulating the wealth? This study compares changes in income and wealth between small business owning households and other non-business owning households and examines what types of small businesses realized the most substantial gains in income and wealth. While the robust financial growth in the early 1990’s increased aggregate household wealth, small business owners actually saw their share of aggregate household wealth decline. The relatively modest financial success of households owning at least one small business in relation to households not owning a business in this very prosperous economic time suggests that investments in businesses realized lower financial returns that investments in other assets.

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  • George Haynes, 2003. "An Analysis of Changes in the Distribution of Household Wealth and Income for Small Business Owning Households, 1989 to 1992," General Economics and Teaching 0303001, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpgt:0303001
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