BDS Working Papers

The Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) allow tracking of business dynamics for U.S. firms and establishments in an unprecedented manner. The working papers below highlight some of the key features of these data.

Working Paper

Business Dynamics Statistics for Single-Unit Firms

December 2022

The Business Dynamics Statistics of Single Unit Firms provides quarterly data on firm exit and employment changes, shedding new light on the COVID-19 recession.
Working Paper

The Business Dynamics Statistics: Describing the Evolution of the U.S. Economy from 1978-2019

October 2021

We use the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) from the U.S. Census Bureau to describe the dynamics of the economy over the past 40 years.
Working Paper

Redesigning the Longitudinal Business Database

May 2021

This paper documents the recent redesign to the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), which tracks U.S. employer business establishments between 1976 and 2018.
Working Paper

Does Federally - Funded Job Training Work?

January 01, 2018

Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Non-experimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms
Working Paper

The Employee Clientele of Corporate Leverage: Evidence from Personal Labor Income Diversification

January 01, 2018
Working Paper

Job Creation and Growth After Great Recession

July 01, 2013

This working paper Anemic Job Creation and Growth in the Aftermath of the Great Recession: Are Home Prices to Blame? is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

Job Creation, Worker Churning, and Wages at Young Businesses

November 01, 2012

This working paper Job Creation, Worker Churning, and Wages at Young Businesses is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

Where Have All the Young Firms Gone?

May 01, 2012

This working paper Where Have All the Young Firms Gone? is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

Large Decline in Job Creation for Startups and Existing Firms

March 01, 2011

This working paper Historically Large Decline in Job Creation from Startup and Existing Firms in the 2008-2009 Recession is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

What Matters More: Business Exit Rates or Business Survival Rates?

January 01, 2010

This working paper What Matters More: Business Exit Rates or Business Survival Rates? is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

High Growth and Failure of Young Firms

March 01, 2009

This working paper High Growth and Failure of Young Firms is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

Entrepreneurship Across States

February 01, 2009

This working paper Entrepreneurship Across States is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
Working Paper

Jobs Created from Business Startups in the United States

December 01, 2008

This working paper Jobs Created from Business Startups in the United States is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.

Related Information

Center for Economic Studies (CES) Working Paper Series

EXPERIMENTAL DATA PRODUCT

Experimental Business Dynamics Statistics (EXP-BDS)

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