New Study on Computers and Self-Employment

The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) details the relationship between home computer ownership and entrepreneurship. The report indicates that home computer owners are slightly more likely to become entrepreneurs than non-owners.

The report, Technology and Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Industry Analysis of Access to Computers and Self-Employment is found at
(http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs259tot.pdf) was written by Robert Fairlie an expert on self-employment, with funding from the Office of Advocacy.

For more information regarding this report contact Victoria Williams by email advocacy@sba.gov or by phone at (202) 205-6533.