Replication materials for Entrepreneurial exit pathways in Italy: evidence from GEM Adult Population Survey data, 2007–2025

This record contains the publicly shareable anonymised analysis variables and accompanying variable dictionary supporting the study “Entrepreneurial exit pathways in Italy: evidence from GEM Adult Population Survey data, 2007–2025” (PLOS ONE manuscript PONE-D-26-36739R1). The files cover Italian GEM Adult Population Survey waves 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2021 and 2023–2025. Exact respondent age and its linear transformation are excluded from the public file to minimise the risk of indirect participant identification. Access to these restricted variables is governed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data-access conditions described in the article.