a research dataset constructed at the Center for Economic Studies (CES). Currently, the LBD contains the universe of all U.S. business establishments with paid employees from 1976 to 1999. The LBD is updated annually. The LBD offers researchers at CES and its affiliated Research Data Centers (RDCs) a number of features not available in other longitudinal datasets.
The new Business Dynamics Statistics are a product of the Center for Economic Studies of the U.S. Census Bureau. The annual series describes establishment-level business dynamics along dimensions absent from similar databases including firm age and firm size. The new data series provides researchers with a tool to gain insight into the dynamics of a changing economy. Business Dynamics Statistics are created from the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), a confidential database available to researchers throughout the network of Census Research Data Centers.
The Longitudinal Studies Centre - Scotland (LSCS) is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS). This dataset includes a large sample of the Scottish population and links together various demographic, socio-economic and health data about these individuals. The data are available to academics and support is provided free of charge by a team of researchers.