The KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel: Design and Research Potential

Helmut Fryges (), Sandra Gottschalk () and Karsten Kohn
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Helmut Fryges: ZEW Mannheim

No 4441, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using one-time surveys, but continuously over a number of years. Therefore, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), KfW Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of newly founded firms in Germany: the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel. In each of the yearly panel waves computer-aided telephone interviews (CATI) are conducted with about 6,000 start-up firms from almost all industries. The KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel will for the first time enable profound analyses of the temporal development of newly founded firms, including studies of firm survival. This paper describes the design of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel. The survey’s research potential is illustrated using data from the first panel wave conducted in the year 2008. Data access for external researchers and data protection issues of the confidential micro data are discussed.

Keywords: firm foundation; micro data; firm data; panel data; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C80 G30 J20 L20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2009-09
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Published - published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2010, 130 (1), 117-131

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