Long abstract

OECD MEI Original Release Data and Revisions Database

Access time series data for 21 key economic variables as originally published in each monthly edition of the MEI from February 1999 onwards. Accessing this source of originally published data will enable analysts to test the likely effectiveness of econometric models in simulated real-time. It will also enable users to study the magnitude and direction of subsequent revisions to published statistics.

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This report presents indicators of firm births, deaths, high-growth firms, gazelles, etc., all capture different aspects of entrepreneurship and different types of entrepreneurs.

Measuring entrepreneurship: a digest of indicators, 2009 edition

Focus

The Manual includes indicators that are essential for comparability across OECD countries and the investigation of entrepreneurship, namely indicators of employer enterprises, and, importantly, high growth enterprises, particularly young high-growth enterprises, referred to here as "gazelles".

Eurostat-OECD Manual on Business Demography Statistics