When Automation Hits Jobs: Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Career Path

This dataset accompanies the study "When Automation Hits Jobs: Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Career Path". It contains longitudinal data constructed from the Current Population Survey (CPS), merged with external measures of occupational automation exposure, including industrial robots, AI exposure, and task-based automation risk indices. The dataset tracks workers' transitions into different forms of entrepreneurship, distinguishing between opportunity-driven (incorporated) and necessity-driven (unincorporated) self-employment, in relation to their automation exposure. It includes demographic variables (e.g., gender, education), employment history, and regional labor market conditions, covering the period from 2009 to 2021.本数据集配套支持学术研究《当自动化冲击就业：创业作为替代性职业路径》（When Automation Hits Jobs: Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Career Path）。数据集包含由当前人口调查（Current Population Survey，CPS）构建的纵向追踪数据，并与多维度职业自动化暴露程度的外部测度指标进行整合，这些指标涵盖工业机器人应用、人工智能（AI）暴露度以及基于任务的自动化风险指数。该数据集追踪了劳动者向各类创业形态的职业转型轨迹，区分了机会型（公司制）与生存型（非公司制）两种自主创业类型，并将其与劳动者的自动化暴露程度相关联。数据集涵盖人口统计学变量（如性别、受教育程度）、就业历史以及区域劳动力市场状况，数据覆盖时段为2009年至2021年。