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Activity Number:
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464
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #307439 |
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Title:
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Response Rates and Response Patterns among New Enterprises: Results from the Kauffman Firm Survey
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Author(s):
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Frank Potter*+ and Yuhong Zheng and David DesRoches and Janice Ballou and Zhanyun Zhao
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Companies:
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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Address:
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600 Alexander Park, Princeton, NJ, 08543,
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Keywords:
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nonresponse ; establishment surveys ; respondent characteristics ; web-based ; CATI
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Abstract:
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Economic growth is related to continued formation of new enterprises. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation sponsors research into entrepreneurship and new business formation. The Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) is a national-level longitudinal survey of new businesses conducted for the Foundation by Mathematica Policy Research (MPR). The KFS consists of an initial survey of 5,000 enterprises formed in 2004 with annual follow-up surveys to collect data on the new business characteristics and financing needed to create and sustain them. Survey data will be available to researchers to improve the understanding of the dynamics of new businesses. MPR selected the sample using D&B data files and is using web-based and CATI data collection procedures to capture the information. The purpose of this paper is to describe the characteristics and determinants of response among this elusive population.
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