CES-WP-08-28An Analysis of Key Differences in Micro Data: Results from the Business List Comparison ProjectKristin Fairman, Lucia Foster, C.J. Krizan, Ian RuckerSeptember 01, 2008The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census each maintain a business register, a universe of all U.S. business establishments and their characteristics, created from independent sources. Both registers serve critical functions such as supplying aggregate data inputs for certain national statistics generated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This paper examines key micro-level differences across these two business registers.View Paper 10 Pages 102427 Bytes |
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