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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Buss, T F
• Lin, X
• Popovich, M G

Titel

Locating new firms in local economies - a comparison of sampling procedures in rural Iowa

Ist Teil von

• Journal of economic and social measurement, 1991-01, Vol.17 (1), p.45-55

Erscheinungsjahr

1991

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Accurate enumeration & evaluation data on all firms in a given local economy are a prerequisite for conducting economic base, targeted industry, business survival, or new business start-up research. Dun & Bradstreet market identifier files (& their derivative public use database, US Enterprise & Establishment Microdata file), state unemployment insurance administrative files (ES202), & direct enumeration (eg, telephone Yellow Pages,) are becoming more widely used for enumeration, but little is known about their comparative representativeness. Using rural Iowa as a case study, the three databases are compared. Results show that each is biased in its own way & therefore not strictly comparable to the others. These databases need to be supplemented if high levels of accuracy are required. 5 Tables, 17 References. Adapted from the source document.