Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship

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  The Early-Stage Entrepreneurship series is a set of measures that represents new business creation in the United States, integrating several high-quality, timely sources of information on early-stage entrepreneurship.
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  The Entrepreneurial Jobs Indicators series captures dimensions related to the quantity and quality of private sector jobs, allowing for comparisons by firm age group (source of jobs) and geography (location of jobs).
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  The New Employer Business series provides information on new employer businesses, a subset of all entrepreneurial activity. The series includes measures to track trends in the emergence of these businesses, their representation in the population and among all firms, and the time it takes these businesses to make a first payroll.
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Methodology

Measuring Job Trends Among Entrepreneurial and Older Firms: A Methods Note

Job trends among entrepreneurial firms are important considerations for policymakers and others interested in entrepreneurship and economic development. In an effort to track trends related to private sector jobs among firms of various ages, over time, and across geographies, we developed the Entrepreneurial Jobs Indicators. These four indicators – creation, contribution, compensation, and constancy – are calculated using the Quarterly Workforce Indicators, an administrative data series from the U.S. Census Bureau. This working paper details the data and methods used to create the Entrepreneurial Jobs Indicators.

Published: October 2022

Keywords: jobs, entrepreneurship, measurement, indicators, firm age, job creation, earnings

Suggested citation: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. (2022). Measuring Job Trends Among Entrepreneurial and Older Firms: A Methods Note, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City.

Research Working Papers are made available by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to share research and encourage discussion. These papers have not necessarily been peer reviewed, and the views and findings expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official views of the Foundation.