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title: "US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 90 archived papers mentioned US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Nov 2024 (8)."
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# US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW)

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/6.md)

Surveys and administrative records of firms and plants, including private firms.

- data category: Firm surveys and census data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Longitudinal Business Database, County Business Patterns, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Census of Manufactures, Annual Survey of Manufactures

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Firm surveys and census data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/firm-surveys-and-census-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 90 archived papers mentioned US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Nov 2024 (8).
- US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) was mentioned in 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #127 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (1) and Management (1).
- Most of them appeared in Land Use Policy (1) and Journal of Business Venturing Insights (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) was mentioned in 98 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (73), finance (9) and management (6).
- 19 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre for Economic Policy Research (6), Arizona State University (4) and IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Small Business Economics (9), Journal of International Economics (8) and Environmental and Resource Economics (5).
- The most-cited of them is “The wider impacts of high-technology employment: Evidence from U.S. cities” (Research Policy, 2018), with 66 citations.
- Papers use US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) most often with American Community Survey (23), Bureau of Labor Statistics (22) and Bureau of Economic Analysis (16); it has 21 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 32 | 21 | 37 | 90 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 22 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 19 | 31 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 9 |
| 2 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 4 |
| 6 | [Review of Industrial Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-industrial-organization.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-economics.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [Arizona State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/arizona-state-university.md) | 4 |
| 3 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [Harvard University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harvard-university.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [National Bureau of Economic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-bureau-of-economic-research.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [University of Turin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-turin.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-wisconsinmadison.md) | 3 |
| 9 | Centre for European Economic Research | 2 |
| 10 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 49 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 22 |
| 3 | China | 10 |
| 4 | Germany | 10 |
| 5 | Italy | 8 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 7 |
| 7 | Canada | 5 |
| 8 | Japan | 5 |
| 9 | France | 4 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 4 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 5 |
| 2 | employment effects | 5 |
| 3 | labor market outcomes | 4 |
| 4 | [manufacturing industry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/manufacturing-industry.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 3 |
| 7 | Great Recession | 3 |
| 8 | business growth | 3 |
| 9 | [environmental policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-policy.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | 0.7 | [The wider impacts of high-technology employment: Evidence from U.S. cities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.005) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-06-19 | Thomas Kemeny, Taner Osman |
| 2 | 66 | 0.9 | [Freight mode choice: Results from a nationwide qualitative and quantitative research effort](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.11.016) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 2020-12-13 | José Holguín‐Veras, Lokesh Kumar Kalahasthi, Shama Campbell et al. |
| 3 | 48 | 1.7 | [Eco-innovation and (green) employment: A task-based approach to measuring the composition of work in firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103015) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2024-06-07 | Robert Elliott, Wenjing Kuai, David J. Maddison et al. |
| 4 | 36 | 1.3 | [Heard the news? Environmental policy and clean investments](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105190) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2024-08-06 | Joëlle Noailly, Laura Nowzohour, Matthias van den Heuvel et al. |
| 5 | 25 | 0.7 | [No news is bad news: local news intensity and firms’ information environments](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-023-09811-7) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2023-10-15 | Kristian D. Allee, Ryan Cating, Caleb Rawson |

## Used together with

Papers use US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) most often with American Community Survey (23), Bureau of Labor Statistics (22) and Bureau of Economic Analysis (16); it has 21 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [American Community Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/american-community-survey.md) | Dataset | 23 | 37.5 |
| [Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bureau-of-labor-statistics.md) | Dataset | 22 | 29.1 |
| [Bureau of Economic Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bureau-of-economic-analysis.md) | Dataset | 16 | 38.3 |
| [Compustat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat.md) | Dataset | 10 | 7.7 |
| [Current Population Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/current-population-survey.md) | Dataset | 10 | 24.9 |
| [IPUMS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ipums.md) | Dataset | 8 | 25.8 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 7 | 2.3 |
| [O*NET](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/o-net.md) | Dataset | 5 | 22.4 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 4 | 0.8 |
| [US Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/us-energy-information-administration-eia.md) | Dataset | 4 | 10.7 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 4 | 2.0 |
| [CRSP](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crsp.md) | Dataset | 3 | 3.4 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | [Scale and space in industrial policy implementation: Geospatial evidence from urban Ethiopia](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108372) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Dejene Tesema Bulti, Anteneh Lemmi Eshete | Adama Science and Technology University |
| 2026-10-08 | [Early growth, limited persistence: User entrepreneurship and firm employment growth](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2026.e00677) | [Journal of Business Venturing Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing-insights.md) | Zheng Tian, Luyi Han, Timothy R. Wojan et al. | Pennsylvania State University; Georgetown University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/us-census-business-data-lbd-cbp-qcew

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-us-census-business-data-lbd-cbp-qcew,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {US Census business data (LBD, CBP, QCEW)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/us-census-business-data-lbd-cbp-qcew}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).