UW experts discuss business ownership disparities in Wisconsin

Wisconsin could have about 150,000 more jobs if the state achieves parity in business ownership rates between white and minority entrepreneurs, a UW-Madison economic development expert says. 

Matt Kures, a community development specialist with the UW-Madison Division of Extension’s Community Development Institute, spoke yesterday during an online briefing. He highlighted the “significant benefits” Wisconsin would see by reaching parity in business ownership rates — in which the share of the population for a racial or ethnic group matches the share of businesses owned by that group...