Data from a survey on Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) entrepreneurship in Italy. The data includes (i) information on Ph.D. students who could graduate between 2008 and 2014; (ii) background information on Italian academic institutions attended by students. The database includes the responses of 906 students. Students provided information on their employment condition, on their family background and opinions on the Ph.D. course and the institution they attended. Information on regional characteristics and on university policies are also included.
Usage
data(phd_italy)Format
A data frame with 906 rows and 64 variables:
- id
id
- q01_annodinascita
Year of birth
- q02_sesso
Gender (female, male)
- q03_cittadinanzaest
Citizenship (Italian, Foreign)
- q04_provvive
Italian province of residence
- q05_genitorelaureato
At least one parent holds a university degree (No, Yes)
- q06_genitoreaccad
At least one parent is a university lecturer (No, Yes)
- q07_genitoreimpr
At least one parent is an entrepreneur (No, Yes)
- concludott_cert
PhD completion (No, Yes) (source: Ministry of Education)
- q08_phd_clean
PhD completion (No, Yes) (source: survey response)
- q08a_adj1
PhD completion (No, Yes)
- q08a_concl_anno
PhD completion, year
- struttura
Name of home university
- code_un
University code (Ministry of Education)
- nome_provincia
Name of the province where the home university is located
- nome_regione
Name of the region where the home university is located
- q13a_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Competence of the supervisor
- q13b_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Time dedicated to research activity
- q13c_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Availability of equipment and research infrastructure
- q13d_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Availability of financial resources
- q13e_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Degree of independence/autonomy of research topic
- q13f_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Extension/quality of the international research network
- q13g_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Degree of international experience
- q13h_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Quality of the research team
- q13i_phdgiudizio
PhD programme opinion (1~6=highest): Access to labour market
- q14_phdfinpriv
PhD scholarship funded by the private sector (No, Yes)
- q18_phdimprese
PhD research based on collaboration with companies (No, Yes)
- q21_ricbase
Percentage of PhD research dedicated to basic research
- q29_brevettisn
The student holds patents (No, Yes)
- q29a_brevettin
Number of patents held by student
- q30_papernaz2
Articles published within 2 years from PhD completion (Italian journals)
- q31_paperint2
Articles published within 2 years from PhD completion (Int. journals)
- q371_lavora
The student is currently employed (No, Yes)
- q372_impresa
The student established a business start-up (No, Yes)
- q372a_impattiva
The student established a still active business start-up (No, Yes)
- q373_impabbandono
The student abandoned the idea of establishing a business start-up (No, Yes)
- q375_posizuni
The student is currently employed in academia/PRC (No, Yes)
- q377_posizauto
The student is currently employed as an autonomous worker (No, Yes)
- q3711_impprov
Code of the province where the startup was established
- q3713_impcorso
Entrepreneurship course frequency during the PhD programme (No, Yes)
- q3715_impaddetti
Number of persons employed in the startup created by the student
- q379_impanni
Age of the enterprise (years)
- q53a_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): there is a favourable environment to startup creation
- q53b_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): there is a favourable environment to U-I interaction
- q53c_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): entrepreneurship is a central mission
- q53d_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): there is support to patenting and innovation
- q53e_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): there is dedicated strategy for technology transfer
- q53f_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): U-I collaboration is important
- q53g_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): teaching is well connected to research
- q53h_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): there are training courses for entrepreneurs
- q53i_uniimp
The student agrees that in the home uni. (1~6=highest): there is professional support to potential entrepreneurs
- dimensione
University size by number of students (1~4=largest)
- med_school
Presence of a medical school at the home university (No, Yes)
- polytech
The home university is a Polytechnic (No, Yes)
- geo
Location of home university (Northern Italy, Central Italy, Southern Italy)
- public_uni
The home university is a public institution (No, Yes)
- vqr_average
Research performance index (source: Ministry of Education)
- utt_sn2006
Availability of a TTO at the home university in 2006 (No, Yes)
- utt_mission_d2006
The mission of the TTO is to support entrepreneurship (No, Yes)
- disocc2006
Unemployment rate in 2006 in the province where the university is located
- area
PhD subject
- q378_imptipo_clean
Type of startup established by the student
- so_reg2006
Availability of dedicated regulation on spinoff creation at the home university (No, Yes)
- spinoff0506
Spinoffs in 2005-06 in the province where the startup was established
Source
Muscio, Alessandro, and Laura Ramaciotti. "Dataset from a qualitative survey on Ph. D. entrepreneurship in Italy." Data in Brief 18 (2018): 1272-1276. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.116
Details
The original data set by Muscio and Ramaciotti (2018) was modified to convert some variables to factors. In addition, missing values that could were imputed when it was clear what their values were (e.g., name of region was missing, but Rome:Lazio)
Examples
data(phd_italy)
annodinascita <- phd_italy$q01_annodinascita