Frontiers in Public Health (Sep 2022)

Evaluation of the early-stage entrepreneurship activity in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Pengsheng Kang,
  • Lin Guo,
  • Zhou Lu,
  • Lili Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.972203
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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This paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (measured by total cases and deaths per 100K people) on the early-stage entrepreneurship activity (measured by the Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship indicators) in the United States. The empirical analyses are based on the panel dataset of 51 States between 2020 and 2021. The findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affects early-stage entrepreneurship activity. Further analyses indicate the positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the startup's early survival rate. However, new entrepreneurs' rate and opportunity share are negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Implications for the post-COVID-19 era are also discussed.

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