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Entrepreneurship Data and Measurement

I am involved in several ongoing research projects to measure, create and/or compile data on entrepreneurship, startups, business ownership and self-employment.

Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship: Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (formerly the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity): measures new business creation in the United States, integrating several high-quality, timely sources of information on early-stage entrepreneurship.

Reports, Visualizations, and Microdata

 

Business Ownership using Household Survey Data: tracking self-employed business owners and new business owners (entrepreneurs) in the U.S. economy.

Recent impacts of COVID-19 on trends (article and latest data)

Trends during the Great Recession

Historic trends (1910-1990)

 

Startup Panel Dataset: captures the universe of startups in the United States including both non-employers and employer startups, and transitions from non-employer to employer status. Developing dataset at Census Bureau to use at RDCs.

Working Paper

 

Measuring Opportunity and Necessity Entrepreneurship: measure that distinguishes between opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship using previous unemployment status

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