Statistical Portrait of Entrepreneurs - which indicators to include? Peter Bøegh Nielsen Statistics Denmark ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Danish statistics on business demography Register-based Full coverage Integration of economic and social statistics ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Enterprise or entrepreneur? Activity Size-class Legal form (Unique identification no.) Age Gender Education Entrepreneurs ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Types of statistics produced Birth of Enterprises New Entrepreneurs and their characteristics Survival of new enterprises High growth Entrepreneurs Death of enterprises ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Entrepreneur indicators Age Gender Level of education Previous branch experience Nationality Financial situation prior to enterprise start-up Total work experience Entrepreneur’s relation to labour market the year before enterprise start-up ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Are new entrepreneurs better educated than the work force in general? ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Does previous branch experience have an impact on survival? ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Profiles of new entrepreneurs Manu factu- ring Con- structi-on Whole-sale Retail Trade Hotels and restau-rants Trans-port. Know-ledge services Opera-tional services Other services Men 0,98 1,36 1,16 0,72 0,88 1,27 1,07 0,77 0,78 Immigrants 0,45 0,21 1,02 1,32 4,13 1,00 0,48 1,43 1,08 Previous unemployed 1,13 0,84 1,05 0,93 2,29 1,10 0,71 1,26 Gross income > 200.000 kr. 0,99 1,09 0,83 0,62 1,04 1,12 0,82 0,89 Fortune> 200.000 kr. 1,35 1,24 0,65 0,68 1,21 0,87 Vocational education 1,15 1,54 1,33 0,94 0,61 0,80 University education 0,42 0,22 1,87 0,96 0,85 Branch experience 0,64 2,12 0,58 1,06 0,76 0,90 1,11 ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Which type of employees do new enterprises attract? ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Can we identify gazelles? ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
Profile of gazelles Employers Life-style ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006
The Danish focus New entrepreneurs: Existing entrepreneurs: Gazelles Innovative start-ups Spin-offs Export-oriented entrepreneurs Special segments (e.g. female entrepreneurs, ethnic entrepreneurs Existing entrepreneurs: High growth entrepreneurs Restarters ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS – ISTAT Seminar December 2006