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Asian-American businesses suffer outsized pandemic toll
Reuters cited research by Economics Professor Rob Fairlie in an article about the pandemic's disproportionate impact on Asian-American business owners.
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One year later: How COVID killed small businesses
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie spoke with Bay Area television station KTVU about how businesses have fared a year into the pandemic.
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Asian-owned small businesses saw an outsized pandemic impact last year
CNBC cited Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's research in a story about how Asian-owned businesses have struggled to recover since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Ones That Never Reopened: The Pandemic’s Impact On Local Businesses
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie talked with KAZU about the pandemic's impacts for a story about local businesses that have not been able to reopen.
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Shopify’s Secret Weapon Is Thousands of New Business Owners
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie was interviewed by The Wallstreet Journal about e-commerce trends and the risks of business startup failure during the pandemic.
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Kamala Harris: The exodus of women from the workforce is a national emergency
Vice President Kamala Harris's recent op-ed for The Washington Post cited research by Economics Professor Rob Fairlie that documented closures of women-owned businesses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
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9 million U.S. small businesses fear they won't survive pandemic
CBS Moneywatch quoted Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's recent testimony before the House Committee on Small Business and shared his updated numbers on small business ownership rates through the end of 2020.
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UCSC economist warns Congress of ‘alarming’ reversal in small business recovery
Lookout Santa Cruz covered Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's testimony before the House Committee on Small Business. Fairlie shared his latest research on the pandemic's economic impacts.
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Minority-owned businesses struggle to access credit during pandemic, Fed survey finds
Reuters cited research by Economics Professor Rob Fairlie documenting inequalities in the distribution of loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Rob Fairlie testifies before Congress on inequality in pandemic economic impacts
Rob Fairlie testified before the House Committee on Small Business to share his latest research on the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, including the disproportionate hardships faced by minority-owned businesses.
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Has 2020’s spike in support for Black-owned business carried through to the holidays?
Marketplace interviewed economics professor Rob Fairlie about trends affecting Black-owned businesses since the start of the pandemic.
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Female workers could take another pandemic hit: to their retirements
The New York Times cited an article coauthored by economics professor Rob Fairlie that shows how the COVID-19 labor market downturn has disproportionately affected unemployment rates for women, particularly those with school-aged children.