Dataset from a qualitative survey on Ph.D. entrepreneurship in Italy

Alessandro Muscio; Laura Ramaciotti

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.116

Dataset from a qualitative survey on Ph.D. entrepreneurship in Italy

Data Brief. 2018 Mar 30:18:1272-1276. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.116. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Alessandro Muscio¹, Laura Ramaciotti²

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell'Ambiente (SAFE), Università di Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Abstract

This article describes questionnaire data on Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) entrepreneurship in Italy. The data includes (i) information recently collected via a questionnaire survey on Ph.D. students; (ii) background information on Italian academic institutions attended by students. We present here some descriptive statistics of the variables included in the dataset. 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.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial University; Firm Creation; Ph.D. entrepreneurship; Start-up.