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Introducing the data and practices of the Research Laboratory in Finland

Introducing the data and practices of the Research Laboratory in Finland. Satu Nurmi Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group Meeting Rome 5-6 December 2006. Background. Increased demand for comprehensive micro-level databases for research purposes

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Introducing the data and practices of the Research Laboratory in Finland

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  1. Introducing the data and practices of the Research Laboratory in Finland Satu Nurmi Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group Meeting Rome 5-6 December 2006

  2. Background • Increased demand for comprehensive micro-level databases for research purposes • Rich linkable administrative register databases are goldmines for empirical economic analysis • The challenge: protection of confidentiality vs. providing researchers with the relevant data cost-effectively • Development of micro data Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  3. Legislation • Statistical data can only be released in unidentifiable form, with a few exceptions • Data can be released for scientific research and statistical surveys only • Sample data on individual persons can be released to outside researchers • By contrast, protected data on enterprises can only be accessed at the premises of Statistics Finland Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  4. Research Laboratory of enterprise data • Offers academic researchers the possibility to use enterprise-level data in their research projects • Operation started in 2001, around 20 projects/year • Customers from universities and research institutes • Basic setting up cost €883/project and a rent of €18/hour • Data guidance and customised research services are central in the operation • On-line access considered as an alternative mode of use Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  5. Access rules • A user licence is required • Statistics Finland’s Ethics Committee considers exceptions • Data limitations: • encryption of unit identifiers • removal of sensitive information • Physical limitations: • on-site access • conditions of use Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  6. ENTERPRISE LEVEL DATA Business Register and Group Register Financial Statements panel Business Aid Database R&D panel ICT panel Patent Register Innovation Surveys ESTABLISHMENT LEVEL DATA Business Register Industrial Statistics panel Employment Statistics panel (labour characteristics) Worker Flow panel Technology Survey Commodity Statistics Research Laboratory’s main data sets • LINKED EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE DATA • Finnish Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data (FLEED) & demo version Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  7. An example of linking data sets Industrial Employment Statistics Statistics Background information on individuals is aggregated to establishment level. (Establishment) (Individual) ICT aggregation Survey analysis Financial Data from different sources are linked through encrypted establishment or enterprise identifiers. Statements Statistics Innovation R&D Survey Survey Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  8. Entrepreneurship in Business Data • Business Register • identifies the number of entrepreneurs in each enterprise and establishment (partly estimated) • sectoral coverage and tracking of start-ups improved • Financial Statements Statistics • includes wage correction for the self-employed • wage estimation based on data from the Finnish Centre for Pensions and the Tax Administration • Personal data in the linked employer-employee data FLEED • identify those self-employed who exercise their profession on their own account (natural persons) Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  9. Entrepreneurship research using the FLEED • When do employees leave their job for entrepreneurship? Evidence form linked employer-employee data (Hyytinen & Maliranta, 2006) • Do foreign players change the nature of the game among local entrepreneurs? (Maliranta & Nurmi, 2004) • Analysing entrepreneurship with the Finnish linked employer-employee data FLEED: Matching and qualitative properties of the data (Maliranta & Nurmi, 2004) Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

  10. Future research (Maliranta & Rouvinen) • Planned research on factors of success for entrepreneurs • Using register data of National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland • business start-ups and owners in 2001 can be identified • background characteristics obtained from the FLEED and business data • enterprises and persons can be followed based on the FLEED -> situation after 3 years Statistics Finland/Satu Nurmi

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