World Bank Enterprise Survey 2009-2023

Nepal, 2009 - 2023

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NPL_2009-2013-2023_WBES_v01_M

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World Bank Group (WBG)

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Jan 22, 2025

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Main reason establishment did not hire more workers in the last FY (_2023_l33)

Data file: Nepal_2009_2013_2023.dta

Overview

Valid: 36

Invalid: 1396

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 6

Mean: 2.77777777777778

Standard deviation: 2.26918627468226

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 64

Range: -9 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	1	2.8%
1	Non-wage labor costs were too high	4	11.1%
2	Legally required minimum wage or cost of dismissal were too high	0	0%
3	Lack of skilled labor	23	63.9%
4	Competitive labor costs and benefits were too high	5	13.9%
5	Not enough budget or headquarters did not authorize the hiring	2	5.6%
6	Other	1	2.8%
Sysmiss		1396

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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