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AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
Read what critics are saying about new regulations being considered on Capitol Hill that would affect small business.
American Enterprise Institute
The AEI offers articles and books for the analysis of federal fiscal policies and regulations to those interested in small-business research.
Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Department of Labor
Find out what businesses in your area are paying their employees. This site provides statistics on wages and benefits for specific industries and regions.
Bureau of the Census; U.S. Department of Commerce
Find statistics on small-business ownership, demographics in your area and other helpful data for startups and established small businesses. Business research statistics collected every 10 years by the Census Bureau.
Center for Women's Business Research
Provides studies and small-business research summaries regarding women and minority-owned businesses.
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Offers small-business research and commentary regarding regulations on private business - from environmental concerns to automobile safety regulations.
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Buy publications that walk through the ins and outs of employee benefits. Valuable small-business resource for policy review and to help small businesses set benefit policies.
Employment Policy Foundation
Provides research articles on a range of employment issues from collective bargaining to paid family leave.
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA provides a comprehensive database of fact sheets and links to federal environmental laws and regulations.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Find studies on monetary policy, interest rates, and business finance.
General Accounting Office (GAO)
Search GAO reports on the effects of public policy on small businesses.
Heartland Institute
Access a database of over 10,000 documents explaining public policy issues from agriculture to welfare.
Institute of Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET)
Find commentaries on the effects of congressional actions (particularly changes to the tax code) on business growth.
Internal Revenue Service -- U.S. Department of the Treasury
Visit the IRS small-business guide to find tips on taxes and more from the people who really know taxes.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Consult the foundation's annual survey on employee health insurance offerings.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
This think tank offers in-depth analysis of national economic trends, including working papers on small business issues. It is also responsible for officially identifying the beginning and end of a recession or expansion.
National Center for Policy Analysis
Offers critiques of public policy initiatives regarding workplace regulation, the federal tax code, and other issues important to small business.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Find the latest in news, rules and regulations on workplace safety straight from the source. OSHA also provides tools to help businesses follow guidelines and meet the standards outlined.
Office of Advocacy; U.S. Small Business Administration
The official government site of statistics and advice specifically for small businesses in the United States.
Reason Foundation
This free-market-oriented think tank offers articles primarily evaluating deregulation and privatization.
RISE Business
Read annual research reports or a biannual newsletter - both specific to small-business issues.
The CATO Institute
CATO offers commentary on policy issues from telecom regulations to school choice.
The Heritage Foundation
Browse an archive of research papers and graphs on public policy issues or calculate your tax savings under certain tax cut legislation.
The Tax Foundation
Learn about taxes across the country -- sorted by state or kind of tax.
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Find links to other small business and entrepreneurship resources around the Web.

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