When Opportunity Moves To Or Away From You: Mechanisms Linking Geographic, Economic, Institutional, And Social Space With Entrepreneurship, Innovation, And Business Performance

Jason Greenberg and Matt Marx

CES Technical Notes Series from Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau

Abstract: This technical document provides an assessment of of firm age, and of minority and female-firm ownership in the Census Bureau microdata by by statistically comparing Dunn and Bradstreet (henceforth also referred to as "D&B") data with relevant data from various US Census programs. The D&B data include company profiles for millions of US. and international firms, both public and private. Because the data comprise the basis of D&B's service offerings, considerable resources are invested in its coverage and accuracy. Though not expected to be as complete as the Economic Census ("EC"), Longitudinal Business Database ("LBD"), and Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics ("LEHD") data, the coverage in the D&B data is extensive. For this study we have constructed extracts of company information for minority and female owned companies located in states for which LEHD are available. The D&B date were then linked to the Census business register ("SSEL/BR") using name and address matching techniques discussed in greater detail in the original PPS and associated proposal.

Keywords: LEHD ICF; LBD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-04
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