Measuring Entrepreneurship
Building a Statistical System

Editors: Emilio Congregado



This volume provides a comprehensive review of the theoretical concepts and empirical models of entrepreneurship from a non-conventional perspective. Its main purpose is to contribute to the design of an efficient system of indicators of entrepreneurship and competitiveness. The existence of a gap between the theory of entrepreneurship and the methods and data available for testing its main propositions has been widely recognized. Hence, some of the most prestigious researchers have collaborated to review and develop the statistical sources, indicators and proxies currently available for empirical studies on the phenomena of entrepreneurship.

The book thereby makes recent advances in the theory and application of the economics of entrepreneurship accessible to a wider audience, including policy makers, emphasizing data requirements to advance the future research agenda and to allow for a better design and monitoring of entrepreneurial policy.

Table of contents (16 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction and Outline
• Front Matter
• Introduction and Outline

The Current State: Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice
• Front Matter
• Statistical Issues in Applied Entrepreneurship Research: Data, Methods and Challenges
• Entrepreneurial Tools

Measurement: Dimensions, Indicators and Statistical Sources
• Front Matter
• Understanding Entrepreneurship: Developing Indicators for International Comparisons and Assessments
• The COMPENDIA Data Base: COMParative ENtrepreneurship Data for International Analysis
• Entrepreneurship Analysis from a Human Population Surveys’ Perspective
• A Proposed Framework for Business Demography Statistics
• Entrepreneurship Performance and Framework Conditions: A General Framework

The Current Applied Research on Entrepreneurship
• Front Matter
• Self-Employment and Unemployment in Spanish Regions in the Period 1979–2001
• Tax Incentives and Entrepreneurship: Measurement and Data Considerations
• Using Survival Models with Individual Data
• Entrepreneurial Human Capital: Essays of Measurement and Empirical Evidence
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Entrepreneurs’ Export Orientation
• Labour Market Institutions and Entrepreneurship
• Financial System and Entrepreneurship: Institutions and Agents
• Building a Statistical System on Entrepreneurship: a Theoretical Framework