Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2013

Entrepreneurship at a Glance, a product of the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme, presents an original collection of indicators for measuring the state of entrepreneurship, along with key facts and explanations of the policy context. This third issue features a special chapter on the profile of the entrepreneur, as well as longer time series and breakdowns by sector for the main indicators.

Table of Content :

Executive summary
Readers guide
Chapter 1. Recent developments in entrepreneurship
-New enterprise creations
-Bankruptcies
-Self-employment rates
Chapter 2. Structural indicators on enterprise population
-Enterprises by size class
-Employment by size class
-Value added by size class
-Productivity by enterprise size class
-Exports by enterprise size class
Chapter 3. Enterprise birth, death and survival
-Birth rate of employer enterprises
-Death rate of employer enterprises
-Churn rate of employer enterprises
-Survival rate of employer enterprises
Chapter 4. Enterprise growth and employment creation
-Employment creation and destruction by employer enterprise births and deaths
-Employment creation and destruction in surviving enterprises
-High-growth enterprises rate
-Gazelles rate
Chapter 5. The profile of the entrepreneur
-Gender differences in self-employment rates
-Self-employment among the youth and seniors
-Self-employment rates of migrants
-Earnings from self-employment
-Preferences and feasibility of self-employment
Chapter 6. Determinants of entrepreneurship: selected indicators
-Culture: The role of entrepreneurship education
-Culture: Attitude toward failure
-Access to finance: Venture capital
Annex A. Sources of data on timely indicators of entrepreneurship
Annex B. List of indicators of entrepreneurial determinants
Annex C. International comparability of venture capital data