Establishment Employment Change and Survival 1992-96. Analyses Based on a New,Longitudinal Database with a Special Focus on Information Technology Industries

摘要

This report demonstrates the analytical capabilities of a new, longitudinalbusiness and establishment database. This new database is called the Business Information Tracking Series (BITS) and was funded by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration and developed with the cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The report contains tabulations and data analyses for three industry groups: information technology (IT) industries, goods-producing industries, and service producing industries. The first section presents tabulations of establishment employment change by firm employment size and industry group between 1992 and 1996 and for all annual intervals in between. The next section presents net establishment employment change between 1992 and 1996 by firm employment size, industry group, and relative establishment growth quartile. The third section of the report presents regression models of the determinants of establishment employment change between 1992 and 1996. The fourth section presents models of establishment survival duration for a cohort of establishments that were started in 1992.