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Business Creation in the UK

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: ES/V01529X/1

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $319,677.47

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Anthony Savagar

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Kent

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

We will construct and analyse a population-wide dataset of firm creation in the UK using Companies House administrative data. We will use this data to understand the economic implications of COVID-19 on geographic regions and economic sectors of the UK. An important advantage of our project is that it provides a real-time snapshot of the state of the economy based on the entire company register for the UK economy. This coverage avoids underrepresentation or bias implicit in existing survey-based approaches. Our data can be broken down at the regional or industrial level and we can inspect the effects on business creation at a daily, weekly or monthly frequency. This coverage and granularity is our main value-added.