This directory contains codes and raw data to generate statistics in:

  Sweat Equity in US Private Business
  Minneapolis Fed Staff Reports 560,612
  by Anmol Bhandari and Ellen McGrattan


Raw data:

  ./BEA        Bureau of Economic Analysis
  ./BLS        Bureau of Labor Statistics
  ./Census     US Census
  ./COMPUSTAT  Compustat company financials
  ./CBO        Characteristics of Business Owners (Later: SBO)
  ./DP         Dyrda and Pugsley (2019)
  ./FOF        Federal Reserve Flow of Funds
  ./IRS        Internal Revenue Service
  ./KFS        Kauffman Firm Survey
  ./LMP        Low, Meghir, and Pistaferri (2011)
  ./NFIB       Natl Federation of Independent Business
  ./PRATTS     Pratt's Stats 


The computations are described in the online appendix (sr612.pdf).
For more information about the source data, see the comments in the
codes and the Readme files in the subdirectories.

Anmol Bhandari
Ellen McGrattan
August 2020