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Entrepreneurship Analysis from a Human Population Surveys’ Perspective

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Measuring Entrepreneurship

Part of the book series: International Studies In Entrepreneurship ((ISEN,volume 16))

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This paper tries to collect, describe and evaluate all the potential statistical sources—each pursuing different goals—in order to study self-employment in Spain. The improvement of traditional databases together with the recent incorporation of new statistical sources is bolstering the knowledge of today’s labour market, self-employment included. Although the available information might be considered accurate for reaching the goals of each source, the information becomes incomplete and even erratic if we intend to analyse entrepreneurial activity by it.

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  1. Universidad de Huelva, 11 Plaza de la Merced, Huelva, 21071, Spain

    José María Millán

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  1. Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Huelva, 11 Plaza de la Merced, Huelva, 21071, Spain

    Emilio Congregado

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Millán, J.M., Román, C., Congregado, E. (2008). Entrepreneurship Analysis from a Human Population Surveys’ Perspective. In: Congregado, E. (eds) Measuring Entrepreneurship. International Studies In Entrepreneurship, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72288-7_6

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