High-Growth Firms and the Future of the American Economy

Examines data on the small number of top-performing and young high-growth firms that account for a disproportionate share of job creation. Calls for policies that promote high-growth entrepreneurship, including removing taxes and regulations impeding it

Give Me Your Entrepreneurs, Your Innovators: Estimating the Employment Impact of a Startup Visa

The idea of visas for immigrant entrepreneurs has bounced around the country for many years, and even has been introduced into Congress on more than one occasion. The most recent is Startup Act 3.0, a bipartisan bill recently introduced into the U.S. Senate that, among other things, includes a Startup Visa. In this current incarnation, the new Startup Visa would make available a fixed pot of 75,000 visas for individuals who start companies. Initial eligibility would be restricted to individuals who already are in the United States on either H-1B visas or F-1 student visas. Once the Startup Visa is issued, further requirements are imposed in the first year. During that time, the entrepreneur must register a business, employ at least two full-time, non-family employees, and invest or raise an investment of at least $100,000. If, after one year, those requirements are met, the entrepreneur gets three additional years on the visa. During that three-year period, the entrepreneur must employ at least five full-time, non-family employees. The original two employees count toward these five, which means the business essentially must hire one person per year after the first year of operation. At the end of three years, the entrepreneur may apply to have the conditional status removed.This report attempts to estimate the impact on job creation that enactment of such a Startup Visa would have. Calculations suggest that a Startup Visa could create anywhere from 500,000 to 1.6 million jobs over the next ten years. Because of the assumptions and methods used, these estimates are considered very conservative, low-end estimates

Cost and Access Challenges: A Comparison of Experiences Between Uninsured and Privately Insured Adults Aged 55 to 64 With Seniors on Medicare

Examines trends in the prevalence of unmet medical needs or delayed care due to cost and problems paying medical bills or buying prescription drugs among uninsured and privately insured 55- to 64-year-olds compared with among Medicare beneficiaries

Growth Cools Off, Worker Protest Mounts

This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.CLW_2015_Report_China_us_must.pdf: 73 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Apple Supplier Factory in Shanghai Rife With Labor Abuses: Report

This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.CLW_2015_Report_China_apple_supplier.pdf: 37 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Sources of Economic Hope: Women's Entrepreneurship

This report suggests that accelerating female entrepreneurship could have the same positive effect on the U.S. economy that the large-scale entry of women into the labor force had during the 20th century. While women represent more than half of the educated U.S. population, they have far lower levels of participation in growth-oriented entrepreneurship than men do. Women-owned businesses account for only about 16 percent of the nation's employer firms and, among high-growth firms, they typically account for fewer than 10 percent of founders

The Effects of Carbon Fiber Misalignment on Composite Material Strength

Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) is an effective way for determining material properties. More specifically, ultrasonic waves along with visual measurements from a microscope can be used to systematically determine the elastic modulus of single ply composites that are subject to an altered manufacturing process. In this approach, the magnitude of specific ultrasonic wave velocities is applied through Chirstoffel\u27s equations to determine the necessary five elastic constants that describe the elastic modulus of transversely isotropic composites. On the other hand, fiber misalignment measurements are taken through via digital microscopy to satisfy a statistical approach for the determination of the same elastic modulus. The Paper Physics Approach (PPA) and Laminate Analogy Approach (LAA) are utilized to predict the elastic modulus of unidirectional carbon fiber samples. A two parameter Weibull distribution is expected to satisfy the probability density of the fiber length and fiber orientation variation which will then be implemented into the Halpin-Tsai equations that will determine the elastic modulus. In terms of results, the mean fiber length from the visual approach is approximately 250 μm and the mean fiber misalignment is just over 3°. The elastic constants range from 7 GPa to 9 GPa depending on the approach. Destructive mechanical testing led to an average elastic modulus value of 8.49 GPa