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2022 National Survey Of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs: Veteran Entrepreneurship Across Urban And Rural Places, Rosalinda V. Maury, Adam J. Pritchard, Mirza Tihic

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

This research brief compares the experiences of rural and urban entrepreneurs using data from the 2022 National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs. Topics include a comparison of demographic and business characteristics, access to healthcare, community and entrepreneurial support, and business environment. This brief also takes a deeper dive into businesses operating in different types of rural spaces: small towns, rural farm communities, and rural non-farm communities.

2022 National Survey Of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs: Veteran Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Rosalinda V. Maury, Adam Pritchard, Mirza Tihic

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

This research brief summarizes findings from the 2022 National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs (NSMAE) focusing on the entrepreneurial ecosystem surrounding veteran business owners. This report provides insights into the business ecosystem, barriers and challenges, the experience of military transition into entrepreneurship, and resources supporting veteran-owned businesses.

Disparate Financial Assistance Support For Small Business Owners, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Daniel Auguste, Mathieu Despard, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Social Policy Institute Research

Small business owners experienced a drastic economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Government pandemic assistance failed to reach many small business owners, especially those historically underserved by financial institutions. Drawing on a 2021 survey of 246 small business owners, the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis descriptively examined the extent to which small business owners sought and received business assistance, and whether applications and approval of government assistance varied by race and ethnicity. We find that though Hispanic and Black business owners applied for government assistance at a higher rate than white business owners, Black business …

An Anti-Poverty Proposal For Inner-City Residents Of Kalamazoo, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek

Reports

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Agenda: Getting A Handle On Hazardous Waste Control, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Getting a Handle on Hazardous Waste Control (Summer Conference, June 9-10)

The conference chairman was University of Colorado School of Law professor Lawrence J. MacDonnell.

During the past ten years Congress has made the regulation of hazardous waste a priority. This conference focuses on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended in 1984, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.

This conference attracted about 100 registrants from 16 states plus the District of Columbia. John G. Welles, Regional Director for EPA Region 8, presented a luncheon address.