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Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America’s Future
Current Population Survey, 28 n, 40 –41 , 59 , 78 , 98 , 101 , 139 –140 , 142 –143 , 150 , 162
industry codes, 82
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, 139 , 141 –142 , 162
Longitudinal Database on Businesses, 110
Multiple Worksite Reports system, 33 , 42 , 72 , 81 , 128 –129
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 78 –79 , 143
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 7 , 35 , 71 –72 , 124 , 127 –129 , 133 –134 , 160
Quarterly Unemployment Insurance, 124
recommendations for, 5 –9 , 95 –97 , 103 –107 , 110
Business creation
data coverage of, 142 –148
processes of, 69
Business Data Linking Project (UK), 57
Business data sets, 158 –159
Dun and Bradstreet, 167
Federal Reserve Board, 167
flexibility of, 46 , 49
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Consortium, 168
Internal Revenue Service, 168
Kauffman Foundation, 169 –170
Small Business Administration, 170 –171
Standard & Poor’s, 171
U.S. Census Bureau, 163 –166 , 170 –171
uses and challenges of, 17 –19
Business definitions, 28 –46
concept versus existing data collection, 42 –45 , 152
conclusions, 45 –46
defining business units and identifying births and deaths, 29 –35
defining business units for the purpose of measuring dynamics, 35 –42
Business dynamics, 6 –7 , 116
defining business units for the purpose of measuring, 35 –42
literature on, 36
processes of, 69
value of studying, 19 –21
Business Employment Dynamics (BED) program, 14 , 36 , 70 , 75 , 77 , 83 , 131 , 133 , 135 , 160
Business Establishment List (BEL). See Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Business identifiers, unique, 54 –55
Business Information Tracking Series (BITS), 138 , 171
Business list-based sources of longitudinal microdata, 130 –136
BLS’s Business Employment Dynamics Program, 14 , 36 , 70 , 75 , 77 , 83 , 131 , 133 , 135 , 160
ILBD and precursors, 131 –132
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program, 44 , 54 , 83 , 87 , 102 , 131 , 134 –136 , 166
National Establishment Time Series, 136
Business lists, 60
Census Business Register, 44 , 124 –127 , 163
Dun’s Market Identifiers, 129 –130
Business Master File (BMF), 33 , 124 , 149
Business owners, surveying, 99 –100
Business registers, 53 –57
building primarily from administrative data, 70 –71
consistency and coverage, 69 –74
data gaps in, 66
effective data sharing, 55 –57
ideal business register characteristics, 53 –54
linkages with existing surveys and administrative data, 47
unique business identifiers, 54 –55
Business start-ups.
See also Nascent businesses
overestimating, 39
processes of, 69
tools for studying, 135
Business units
administrative definitions, 33 –35
defining, 29 –35
legal and production-oriented concepts, 31 –33
Businesses.
See also Nascent businesses;
Small businesses;
Young businesses
defining and tracking over time, 53 –57
nonemployee, 30
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Capital expenditures, measuring, 65
CBP. See County Business Patterns
Census Business Register, 44 , 88 , 124 –127 , 163
Census of Manufacturers, 77 n