abstract:The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity is an leading indicator of new business creation in the United States, which has been cited in academic journals such as Small Business Economics.http://www.
The findings support research from the KauffmanIndexofEntrepreneurialActivity, which shows that in 2010, entrepreneurs between the ages of 55 and 64, accounted for 23 percent of new entrepreneurs, up from 14 percent in 1996.
New business creation by the 55 to 64-year-old age group is up sharply over the past 15 years from 14.3 percent of all entrepreneurs in 1996 to 20.9 percent in 2011, according to the KauffmanIndexofEntrepreneurialActivity, 1996-2011.
This was true during the recession of 2000-01, and according to the KauffmanIndexofEntrepreneurialActivity (KIEA), which measures the new entrants to self-employment and business ownership (two measures of entrepreneurship), it has been true even through the Great Recession of 2008-09 and its aftermath.