Nunes, AlcinaSarmento, Elsa2011-05-302011-05-302010Nunes, Alcina; Sarmento, Elsa (2010). Business demography dynamics in Portugal: a non- parametric survival analysis. In 5th International conference An Enterprise Odyssey: From Crisis to Prosperity - Challenges for Government and Business. Opatija, Croatia. p.1293-1308. ISBN 10: 953-6025-34-5.978-953-6025-34-3http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4732We address the post-entry performance of new Portuguese firms by investigating the structural characteristics of the hazard and survival functions, using non-parametric survival analysis. In order to approach prevalence of some stylized facts and determinants of new firm survival, we produced a new entrepreneurship database, using the administrative data of Quadros de Pessoal, following the Eurostat/OECD´s internationally comparable business demography methodology. This allowed the computation of a comprehensive array of entrepreneurship indicators on employer enterprise and survival dynamics in Portugal, over a period of 18 years, disaggregated in dimensions such as sectors, regions and size classes.engEntrepreneurshipBusiness demographyBusiness survivalPerformance determinantsMicro-dataconference object