Cornell University Department of Economics; Labor Dynamics Institute; Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CREST; IZA Institute of Labor Economics
University of Chicago - National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Abstract
The U.S. economy is highly dynamic: businesses open and close, workers switch jobs and start new enterprises, and innovative technologies redefine the workplace and enhance productivity. With globalization markets have also become more interconnected. Measuring business activity in this rapidly evolving environment increasingly requires tracking complex interactions among firms, establishments, employers, and employees. Understanding Business Dynamics presents strategies for improving the accuracy, timeliness, coverage, and integration of data that are used in constructing aggregate economic statistics, as well as in microlevel analyses of topics ranging from job creation and destruction and firm entry and exit to innovation and productivity. This book offers recommendations that could be enacted by federal statistical agencies to modernize the measurement of business dynamics, particularly the production of information on small and young firms that can have a proportionately large impact in rapidly expanding economic sectors. It also outlines the need for effective coordination of existing survey and administrative data sources, which is essential to improving the depth and coverage of business data.
Keywords: young firms, entrepreneurship, business dynamics, innovation, globalization, entry, exit
Davis, Steven J. and Lynch, Lisa M. and Haltiwanger, John C. and Abowd, John and Anderson, Patricia M. and Barnes, Matthew and Dunne, Timothy and Groves, Robert M. and Hanson, Susan and McGuckin, Robert H. and Reynolds, Paul D. and Roberts, Mark J. and Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels and Wolter, Kirk M., Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America's Future. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=985999 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.985999
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