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Exact relationship builder

Indicator comparison lab

Compare two measures while keeping their entities, periods, units, and source populations visible. A visual association does not establish causation.

Declared indicator relationship network15 exact pairing contracts span source-backed series across markets, industries, geographies, business dynamism, and merger activity.0117021703180467905510651073,1040810209114101151138123813920149201510
Active planeCreation x destruction19 exact pairs · r 0.58
Relationship planes15declared contracts
Exact pairs6,194entity-period matches
Domains6bounded universes
Imputation0missing sides filled
Comparable hereExact pairs, within-contract ranks, coverage, and descriptive association.
Never inferred hereCausation, legal market findings, forward-filled values, or a national composite score.
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Comparison controls

Build an exact paired slice

Evidence scopeAll source records
Exact pairing ruleSame BDS geography, NAICS scope, and calendar year1983 · NAICS sector · both-side evidence

Paired visualization

Job creation and destruction rates

19 exact pairs in this slice
Exact pairs
19
all plotted
Correlation
+0.58
Moderate positive association
0.33
descriptive linear fit
Evidence
19
verified on both sides

Paired comparison cohort

0 / 5 entities · fixed 19-pair benchmark

Select a point, then add it or its nearest exact-pair peers.

The cohort changes the overlay and exact export only. Full-slice medians, correlation, quadrants, and coverage remain fixed.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; 1983; Job creation 24.9%; Job destruction 26.7%Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; 1983; Job creation 13.2%; Job destruction 39.0%Utilities; 1983; Job creation 7.0%; Job destruction 5.6%Construction; 1983; Job creation 24.9%; Job destruction 28.8%Manufacturing; 1983; Job creation 9.3%; Job destruction 16.4%Wholesale trade; 1983; Job creation 15.3%; Job destruction 18.5%Retail trade; 1983; Job creation 16.5%; Job destruction 16.8%Transportation and warehousing; 1983; Job creation 15.2%; Job destruction 18.0%Finance and insurance; 1983; Job creation 18.9%; Job destruction 12.2%Real estate and rental and leasing; 1983; Job creation 23.0%; Job destruction 22.1%Professional, scientific, and technical services; 1983; Job creation 19.6%; Job destruction 17.4%Management of companies and enterprises; 1983; Job creation 16.1%; Job destruction 18.1%Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services; 1983; Job creation 24.0%; Job destruction 23.0%Educational services; 1983; Job creation 10.8%; Job destruction 7.1%Health care and social assistance; 1983; Job creation 13.4%; Job destruction 9.3%Arts, entertainment, and recreation; 1983; Job creation 20.6%; Job destruction 19.6%Accommodation and food services; 1983; Job creation 23.1%; Job destruction 20.6%Other services except public administration; 1983; Job creation 18.3%; Job destruction 16.8%Information; 1983; Job creation 28.5%; Job destruction 30.7%
Selected exact pairInformation51 · 1983 · NAICS sector
Job creation
28.5%
Verified · High
Job destruction
30.7%
Verified · High
Median positionAt or above both slice medians
X source
census-business-dynamics-2023
Y source
census-business-dynamics-2023
Research handoff3 canonical profiles
Open context map

Coverage diagnostics

What entered the plane, and what did not

Pairing coverage is reported separately for each indicator denominator. A matched row is not evidence that either source covers the full underlying economy.

Job creation100.0%920 matched of 920
Job destruction100.0%920 matched of 920

Business Dynamics Statistics measure establishment, firm, and job flows within published national and NAICS-sector universes. They do not measure concentration, market power, legal antitrust markets, or the competitive cause of entry, exit, creation, or destruction. The paired rates do not identify why employment expands or contracts.

Higher / higher7
Higher X / lower Y3
Lower X / higher Y2
Lower / lower7

Quadrants use this filtered slice's medians: 18.3% and 18.1%.

Slice ledgers

Period and group structure

Counts and correlations stay inside exact paired rows. Small groups may be too thin for a stable descriptive association.

Reusable comparison packet

Carry the exact contract into analysis

The endpoint returns every matched row in the filtered slice, both observation identifiers, both source routes, evidence status, confidence, entity, group, and period.

This lab compares only declared same-entity, same-period pairs. Missing sides are excluded rather than imputed, correlation remains descriptive, and unlike universes are never combined into a composite market-power score.

Relationship directory

15 declared planes, no arbitrary joins

Each route names both measures and its exact pairing rule. Select a plane to rebuild the lab around that bounded universe.

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