Abstract
According to Kish (1965), a panel is a sample in which the same elements are measured on two or more occasions1. In the European Union, the statistical units2 used for economic surveys by National Statistical Institutes (NSI) are usually either enterprises, local units, kind-of-activity units, or local kind-of-activity units (see Eurostat, 1997b). For business panels, any of these types of units can be followed through time. The followed units are called longitudinal units. The choice of the longitudinal unit depends on:
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the variables to be collected;
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the type of analysis envisaged;
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the requirements of the framework of which the panel may be part;
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the availability of data; and
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other practical aspects such as the stability of the units over time.
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Lavallée, P., Struijs, P. (1999). Issues in Following Enterprises Through Time. In: Biffignandi, S. (eds) Micro- and Macrodata of Firms. Contributions to Statistics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48863-4_34
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