COMPENDIA 2000.2
Subtitle: a harmonized data set of business ownership rates in 23 OECD countries
By: André van Stel
Contributors: Netherlands. Ministerie van Economische Zaken; EIM (Firm)
Series: Research report -- H200302; Research report (EIM (Firm)) -- H200302
Publisher: EIM Business & Policy Research
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Zoetermeer [Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Labor supply; Statistics; Small business; Self-employed
Other titles: Business ownership rates in 23 OECD countries
Description: "... Present[s] a harmonized data set over the period 1972-2000, containing two-yearly data on the number of non-agricultural business owners and the size of the labour force for 23 OECD countries, as well as the quotient of these two variables which is called the business ownership rate of a country. The data set is called COMPENDIA (version 2000.2), which means COMParative ENtrepreneurship Data for International Analysis."--P. 5.
Notes: Published under the SCALES-initiative (SCientific AnaLyses of Entrepreneurship SMEs), financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs.

"May 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).
Table of contents: title: Definitions and main data source; title: Measuring business ownership: general methods; title: Measuring business ownership in the United States; title: Measuring business ownership in the remaining countries; title: Total labour force; title: Discussion.