Data and code for: Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Case of Venezuelans in Colombia

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Dany Bahar, Brown University; Bo Cowgill, Columbia University; Jorge Guzman, Columbia University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Bahar, Dany, Cowgill, Bo, and Guzman, Jorge. Data and code for: Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Case of Venezuelans in Colombia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-10-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E189827V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This repository of data and codes is for the paper "Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Case of Venezuelans in Colombia", by Bahar, Cowgill and Guzman (AEA P&P 2023). It contains a dataset with the full registry of businesses from Colombia that include by year of creation all firms registered in their respective chambers of commerce, with information on whether the owner is a Colombian citizen or a foreigner.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources The Hilton Foundation (N/A); Kauffman Foundation (N/A)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms immigration; entrepreneurs; refugees
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      L26 Entrepreneurship
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Colombia
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2015 – 2021
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2023 – 2023
Universe:  View help for Universe Firms in the Colombian Business Registry 
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
Registro Unico Empresarial y Social (RUES), representing the entire Colombian business registry
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Firm

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V1 [2023-10-16]

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