Entrepreneurship Measures and Data

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

Indicators of Entrepreneurial Activity (formerly two measures of the Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship): two measures of the most timely information on new business creation and opportunity entrepreneurship in the United States (also for major demographic groups and all states).

Paper

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 (Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 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.

Job Creation and Survival among the Universe of U.S. Startups, forthcoming in a longer version as an MIT Press Book

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

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