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BDS Working Papers
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.
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Working PaperBusiness Dynamics Statistics for Single-Unit FirmsThe Business Dynamics Statistics of Single Unit Firms provides quarterly data on firm exit and employment changes, shedding new light on the COVID-19 recession.
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Working PaperThe Business Dynamics Statistics: Describing the Evolution of the U.S. Economy from 1978-2019We use the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) from the U.S. Census Bureau to describe the dynamics of the economy over the past 40 years.
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Working PaperRedesigning the Longitudinal Business DatabaseThis paper documents the recent redesign to the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), which tracks U.S. employer business establishments between 1976 and 2018.
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Working PaperDoes Federally - Funded Job Training Work?Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Non-experimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms
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Working PaperThe Employee Clientele of Corporate Leverage: Evidence from Personal Labor Income Diversification
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Working PaperJob Creation and Growth After Great RecessionThis 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.
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Working PaperJob Creation, Worker Churning, and Wages at Young BusinessesThis working paper Job Creation, Worker Churning, and Wages at Young Businesses is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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Working PaperWhere Have All the Young Firms Gone?This working paper Where Have All the Young Firms Gone? is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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Working PaperLarge Decline in Job Creation for Startups and Existing FirmsThis working paper Historically Large Decline in Job Creation from Startup and Existing Firms in the 2008-2009 Recession is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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Working PaperWhat Matters More: Business Exit Rates or Business Survival Rates?This working paper What Matters More: Business Exit Rates or Business Survival Rates? is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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Working PaperHigh Growth and Failure of Young FirmsThis working paper High Growth and Failure of Young Firms is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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Working PaperEntrepreneurship Across StatesThis working paper Entrepreneurship Across States is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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Working PaperJobs Created from Business Startups in the United StatesThis working paper Jobs Created from Business Startups in the United States is from the BDS Statistical Briefs.
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