RAND Research Related to Entrepreneurship Public Policy
Small business being such an overarching field, many research units within RAND have conducted related studies. Here, we provide links to some recent reports and working papers.
Small Business and Defense Acquisitions: A Review of Policies and Current Practices — 2011
Evaluates federal small business policies, how they affect the Department of Defense, and the challenges associated with meeting mandated small business goals.
Does Employer-Based Health Insurance Discourage Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation? — 2011
Raises concerns that the bundling of health insurance and employment may discourage business creation.
Is Employer-Based Health Insurance A Barrier To Entrepreneurship? — 2010
Examines whether the focus on employer-provided health insurance in the United States may restrict business creation.
How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Employee Health Coverage at Small Businesses? — 2010
Finds that the Affordable Care Act will increase the percentage of employers that offer health coverage to workers: from 57 percent to 80 percent for firms with 50 or fewer workers, and from 90 percent to 98 percent for firms with 51 to 100 workers.
Estimation of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program Treatment Effect — 2010
Examines if the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program positively influences commercial viability and what is the most effective means of evaluating this question.
Establishing State Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Health Insurance Enrollment, Spending, and Small Businesses — 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will increase insurance offer rates at small businesses. By 2016, rates would increase from 53 to 77 percent at firms with ten or fewer workers and from 71 to 90 percent at firms with 11 to 25 workers.
Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Self-Employment: The Case of Older Workers — 2010
Examines evidence of the importance of liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study on workers over age 50.
Indian Entrepreneurial Success in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom — 2010
Examines Indian entrepreneurial performance and success in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom using census data.
Small Business Assistance Programs in the United States: An Analysis of What They Are, How Well They Perform, and How We Can Learn More About Them — 2010
This study documents the most important public and private programs designed to promote self-employment and small business creation and critically examines the existing research on the effect of those programs.
Health Savings Accounts for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Shopping, Take-Up and Implementation Challenges — 2010
The Health Savings Account marketplace may have expanded access to health insurance for the smallest firms but not for small firms more generally, who face challenges in implementing them.
Catalysts of Entrepreneurship -- Policies for Growth: International Conference on Entrepreneurship — 2009
Presents the proceedings of the first International Conference on Entrepreneurship, which was held at the Indian School of Business on June 5-6, 2009; participants discussed policy issues affecting the growth of entrepreneurship in India.
Self-Employment among Older Workers: Assistance Programs, Liquidity Constraints and Employment Patterns — 2009
Examines self-employment among older workers.
Small Business Assistance Programs in the United States: An Analysis of What They Are, How Well They Perform, and How We Can Learn More about Them — 2008
Studies the most important public and private programs designed to promote self-employment and small business creation, examines the existing research on the effect of those programs, and identifies new directions for future research on this topic.
Enhancing Small-Business Opportunities in the DoD — 2008
Examines how federal programs and direct purchase goals affect small business contracting opportunities within the Department of Defense.
Does Liability Affect Small Business? — 2008
The authors assess the impact of liability on various small-business firms, using caps on non-economic damages as a measure of liability pressure, comparing the number of small businesses before and after supreme court decisions to strike down caps.
Is the Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance Greater for Small Firms Than for Large Firms? — 2008
This research brief reports that, from 2000 to 2005, the economic burden of providing health insurance increased for employers, especially for the smallest firms, and that small firms offered plans of slightly lower quality than did large firms.
The Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance: How Much Worse Off Are Small Firms? — 2008
This report explores trends in the economic burden faced by small and large businesses that provide health insurance, as well as the quality of plans that small and large firms offer.
Going-Private Decisions and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: A Cross-Country Analysis — 2008
Controlling for exit decision factors, this study confirms other reports that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act induced small firms to exit the public capital market.
Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program — 2008
As Congress reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, it is considering how much, if any, of SBIR set-asides SBIR could use for administration. This report estimates how much administering the DoD SBIR program costs.
State Insurance Mandates and Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Are They Helping Small Business Provide Health Insurance to Employees? — 2007
This research brief describes the effects of state health-insurance mandates and consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) on the access to and affordability of health insurance for small businesses.
Is Special Regulatory Treatment for Small Businesses Working as Intended? — 2007
This research brief summarizes a compilation of studies on several kinds of regulation of small firms and their intended and actual effects, as well as how to ensure that such regulations have the effects intended.
Do Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley Justify the Costs? Empirical Evidence in the Case of Small Firms — 2007
This research brief summarizes the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on small firms based on a review of studies of relative compliance costs, stock-price reactions, and exit patterns from the public market.
Consumer-Directed Health Plans And Health Savings Accounts: Have They Worked For Small Businesses? — 2007
Examines whether consumer-directed health plans and health savings accounts have worked for small businesses.
In the Name of Entrepreneurship? The Logic and Effects of Special Regulatory Treatment for Small Business — 2007
What are the differential effects of regulation and policy on small businesses? What is the impact of special regulatory treatment for small businesses? This book offers analysis of key public policy issues with implications for small businesses.
A Description and Analysis of Evolving Data Resources on Small Business — 2007
This paper describes the main government and private data sources currently available or under construction for research on small business and entrepreneurship and lists resources researchers can use to gain more information about each data set.
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