A Description and Analysis of Evolving Data Resources on Small Business

Amelia Haviland, Bogdan Savych

Published Sep 26, 2007

This paper describes the main government and private data sources currently available or under construction for research on small business and entrepreneurship. It also provides a listing of resources researchers can use to gain more information about each data set. Of particular importance are new longitudinal data sets created by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, which allow for the study of business entry and exit (which is especially relevant to small business policy) as well as changes within establishments and firms to be studied over time. The most notable gap in current small business data sources is the lack of a publicly available source of longitudinal data. In the next five years, this gap will be at least partially addressed by the Kauffman Firm Survey of new businesses. Information on this survey design and instrument is available now and researchers can begin to design research studies that would take advantage of the data when they become available.

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  • Year: 2007
  • Pages: 72
  • Document Number: WR-293-1-ICJ

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Haviland, Amelia and Bogdan Savych, A Description and Analysis of Evolving Data Resources on Small Business. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2007. https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR293-1.html.
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This publication supersedes a previous version published in 2005 (WR-293).