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Growth & Employment Program - Insourcing and Outsourcing Impact Evaluation Data 2016-2019

Nigeria, 2016 - 2019
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Reference ID
NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M
Producer(s)
David McKenzie, Stephen Anderson
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Oct 14, 2021
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Depositor information
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M
    Title

    Growth & Employment Program - Insourcing and Outsourcing Impact Evaluation Data 2016-2019
    Country
    Name Country code
    Nigeria NGA
    Study type

    Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
    Abstract

    Many small firms lack the finance and marketing skills needed for growth. A standard approach is to train the entrepreneur in these skills. However, rather than requiring entrepreneurs to learn everything, an alternative is to move beyond the boundary of the entrepreneur and link firms to these skills in a marketplace through insourcing workers, or outsourcing tasks to professionals. We conducted a randomized experiment in Nigeria to test the relative effectiveness of these different approaches to improving business practices. Insourcing and outsourcing both dominate business training; and do at least as well as business consulting at one-half of the cost. Replication data for this project are provided.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Firm

    Version

    Version Date

    2021-07-01

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Firms in Abuja and Lagos
    Universe

    Firms that applied and were selected for the government Growth and Employment (GEM) program

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    David McKenzie World Bank
    Stephen Anderson McCombs School of Business, UT Austin
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Investment Climate Impact Program/ComPEL Funder
    EDI Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Firms applied to the Growth and Employment (GEM) Program. To qualify for the programs in our experiment, firms needed to pass a second screening step demonstrating they: (i) were not already insourcing or outsourcing both their marketing function and finance function; (ii) had between 2 and 15 workers; and (iii) received a score of 5.0 to 8.0 (out of 10) in terms of their baseline business practices5. This resulted in an experimental sample of 753 firms.
    Response Rate

    The first follow-up survey had a response rate of 88.6%, and the second follow-up survey had a response rate of 86.1%. 93% of firms completed at least one of the follow-up surveys

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The following questionnaires were used for data collection and they are provided as supporting documentation:

    • BaselineQuestionnaire.pdf - the baseline training manual and questionnaire
    • Codebook_Baseline_Survey.xls - a codebook for the baseline questionnaire
    • GEM First Follow-Up Survey.pdf - the first follow-up survey
    • GEM Follow-p Survey_Round2.pdf - the second follow-up survey
    • GEM consultant and trainer questionnaire.pdf - questionnaire on background of Trainers and Consultants
    • SocialMediaScoring.xlsx - scoring questions for the 50 measures of social media quality
    • GEMServiceProviderSurvey.xls - questionnaire given to business service providers
      • InformationExperimentBaselineSurvey.pdf - baseline for the information experiment
      • InformationExperimentFollowupSurvey.pdf - follow-up survey for the information experiment

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2016-03-01 2016-12-15 Baseline
    2018-03-01 2018-06-30 First follow-up
    2019-02-01 2019-06-30 Second follow-up

    Depositor information

    Depositor
    Name Affiliation
    David McKenzie World Bank

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    Microdata Library World Bank microdata.worldbank.org
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes All data have been anonymized to remove identifying information.
    Access conditions

    Public use for research purposes only
    Citation requirements

    Anderson, Stephen and David McKenzie (2021) "Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur:
    A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing and Outsourcing", Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, Replication Data.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group World Bank Documentation of the Study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021-06-30

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01
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