The Fall and Rise of Small Businesses: Race, Government Aid, and Growth After the Pandemic

What happened to small businesses, government aid, and racial inequality during the pandemic and subsequent economic recovery.

The Fall and Rise of Small Businesses provides the first comprehensive analysis of the plight of small businesses, social distancing restrictions, racial inequality, government aid, and broader measures of the US economy during the pandemic and economic recovery. Robert Fairlie weaves evidence from the most up-to-date data on business activity, as well as novel data ...