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White House cites economist Rob Fairlie’s research on Native American entrepreneurship
The Biden-Harris Administration cited research by UC Santa Cruz Economics Professor Rob Fairlie on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact for Native American-owned businesses.
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How the Demographics of Entrepreneurship Has Changed
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Economics Professor Rob Fairlie about his research on the changing demographics of entrepreneurs.
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White House cites Rob Fairlie’s research in annual economic report
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie’s research on race and ethnicity in higher education was cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President.
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10 ways to get funding in 2022 if you're a underrepresented founder
Robert W. Fairlie, an economics professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz who studied the effects of COVID-19 on small businesses, found that in the early months of the pandemic, the number of Black, Latinx, and Asian business owners dropped more than the number of white business owners.
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Black Businesses Saw Outsize Covid Hit to Earnings, Study Shows
The Washington Post featured an article by Bloomberg News about Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's latest research, which documented racial inequity in loss of business earnings during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
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UCSC prof Rob Fairlie talks Santa Cruz turning its dream of a small-business downtown into reality
Rob Fairlie spoke with Lookout Santa Cruz about his research on minority-owned businesses and shared thoughts on how to support diversity among small businesses in downtown Santa Cruz.
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How Fixes to the $800 Billion Covid Relief Program Got Money to More Small Businesses
A Bloomberg analysis of changes to the Paycheck Protection Program shared congressional testimony from Economics Professor Rob Fairlie.
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Economics Professor Robert Fairlie takes home the Bradford-Osborne Research Award for the second year in a row
The annual award recognizes the best peer-reviewed paper on diversity and entrepreneurship, and Fairlie was honored for his years-long research on the lack of access to capital for Black-owned startups compared to white-owned startups.
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Are Black Businesses Ready For Another Recession?
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie spoke with Forbes about his research on the pandemic's impacts on Black-owned businesses and how a recession could affect these businesses.
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Lessons from a former drug dealer
The Indicator from Planet Money on NPR interviewed UC Santa Cruz economics professor Rob Fairlie about his prior research demonstrating that former drug dealers are more likely to become entrepreneurs later in life.
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Economics Professor Rob Fairlie testifies before committee in U.S. House of Representatives to share research on Paycheck Protection Program
Fairlie testified on his latest research, which showed that changes to the Paycheck Protection Program in 2021 helped to improve racial equity in loan distribution.
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Black-Owned Businesses Push Against Economic Inequality
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie appeared on CBS News to discuss economic inequality and entrepreneurship.