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Formalization Experiment Data 2008-2011

Sri Lanka, 2008 - 2011
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LKA_2008_SLFED_v01_M
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David McKenzie, Suresh de Mel, Christopher Woodruff
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Dec 20, 2012
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Data file: InformalityAnon_Aug2010

Round 2 data

Cases: 465
Variables: 248

Variables

sheno
SHENO
group
GROUP
treatoffer
Treat Offer
regwithinproject
Reg Within Project
cashrevd
Cash Revd
ln
LN
pr
PR
di
DI
to
TO
ds
DS
gn
GN
q1_1a
q1_1b
q1_1b_1
q1_1b_2
q1_1c
q1_1d
q1_1d_1
q1_1d_2
q1_1e_y
q1_1e_m
q1_1e_d
q1_1f
q1_2
Since the start of 2009, has your firm introduced any new products or services?
q1_3
What is the main new product or service introduced?
q1_4
Since the start of 2009, has your firm significantly improved an existing produc
q1_5
Since the start of 2009, has your firm introduced new or improved existing busin
q1_6
What is the main new process introduced?
q1_7
Has your business changed the location where it operates since the start of 2009
q1_8
Is the business operated out of your home, or in some other place?
q1_9
What type of site does your business operate on?
q1_10
Who owns the land on which your business operates?
q1_11
What type of accounts do you keep for income, expenses, assets etc. of your busi
q1_12
How many hours a week do you personally spend working in the business?
q1_13a
How many employees (permanent/casual etc) work in your enterprise, including you
q1_13b
How many employees (permanent/casual etc) work in your enterprise, including you
q1_14
How many of them (including yourself) work:
q1_15_1
q1_15_2
q1_15_3
q1_15_4
q1_15_5
q1_16a
How many new workers have you hired?
q1_16b
How many new workers have you hired?
q1_17
How many of your workers are registered for EPF/ETF?
q1_18
q1_19
q2_1a_1
Value if owned: Tools and utensils
q2_1a_2
Value if owned: Machinery and Equipment
q2_1a_3
Value if owned: Furniture
q2_1a_4
Value if owned: Vehicles used in the business
q2_1a_5
Value if owned: Site (including land and buildings)
q2_1a_6
Value if owned: Other physical assets
q2_1a_7
Value if owned: Total value of assets in business
q2_1b_1
Monthly rental if rented: Tools and utensils
q2_1b_2
Monthly rental if rented: Machinery and Equipment
q2_1b_3
Monthly rental if rented: Furniture
q2_1b_4
Monthly rental if rented: Vehicles used in the business
q2_1b_5
Monthly rental if rented: Site (including land and buildings)
q2_1b_6
Monthly rental if rented: Other physical assets
q2_1b_7
Monthly rental if rented: Total value of assets in business
q2_1a_a_1
Amount you spent on purchases: Tools and utensils
q2_1a_a_2
Amount you spent on purchases: Machinery and Equipment
q2_1a_a_3
Amount you spent on purchases: Furniture
q2_1a_a_4
Amount you spent on purchases: Vehicles used in the business
q2_1a_a_5
Amount you spent on purchases: Site (including land and buildings)
q2_1a_a_6
Amount you spent on purchases: Other physical assets
q2_1a_a_7
Amount you spent on purchases: Total value of assets (1-6 items) in business
q2_1a_b_1
Amount you received for sales: Tools and utensils
q2_1a_b_2
Amount you received for sales: Machinery and Equipment
q2_1a_b_3
Amount you received for sales: Furniture
q2_1a_b_4
Amount you received for sales: Vehicles used in the business
q2_1a_b_5
Amount you received for sales: Site (including land and buildings)
q2_1a_b_6
Amount you received for sales: Other physical assets
q2_1a_b_7
Amount you received for sales: Total value of assets (1-6 items) in business
q2_2
Do you have any inventories in stock, products for sale, raw materials, products
q2_3
At market prices, what is the value you calculate of your current inventories?
q2_4
How much cash on hand does your business currently have?
q2_5a
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Purchase of materials and items for resale
q2_5b
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Purchase of electricity, water, gas and fuel
q2_5c
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Interest paid on loans
q2_5d
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Wages and salaries for employees
q2_5e
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Rent for land or buildings
q2_5f
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Taxes
q2_5g
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Other expenses, including equipment rental, te
q2_5h
Amount spent during July 2010 on: Total expenses in July 2010
q2_6a
Total monthly sales of your business from all sources: July 2010
q2_6b
Total monthly sales of your business from all sources: June 2010
q2_6c
Total monthly sales of your business from all sourceses: May 2010
q2_7
Respondent answered this question by consulting written records or by memory
q2_8
What were the profits of your business during last month?
q2_9
What percentage of your sales are made to the following:
q2_10_1
q2_10_2
q2_10_3
q2_10_4
q2_10_5
q2_10_6
q2_10_7
q3_1
Is your business registered with the District Secretariat (D.S.) and has a busin
q3_2
Were you able to see the BRC?
q3_3y
What date was the business registered? Year
q3_3m
What date was the business registered? Month
q3_3d
What date was the business registered? Date
q3_3a_1
q3_3a_2
q3_3a_3
q3_3a_4
q3_4
In whose name is the business registered?
q3_5
Is the business registered for its current location?
q3_6a
Which of the following is the business registered with? Pradeshiya Saba/Municip
q3_6b
Which of the following is the business registered with? VAT
q3_6c
Which of the following is the business registered with? Chamber of Commerce
q3_6d
Which of the following is the business registered with? Registered for Industry
q3_7
Does your business have a receipt book for issuing tax receipts?
q3_8
What percentage of sales does your business issue tax receipts for?
q3_9
Does your business have an electrical connection in the business name?
q3_10
Have you received a letter from the Government assessing your business for incom
q3_11
Has your business paid any taxes or fees to any Government agency in the past ye
q3_12a
How much have you or your business paid for each of the following in the past ye
q3_12b
How much have you or your business paid for each of the following in the past ye
q3_12c
How much have you or your business paid for each of the following in the past ye
q3_12d
How much have you or your business paid for each of the following in the past ye
q3_12e
How much have you or your business paid for each of the following in the past ye
q3_13
In the past year has your business had to pay any fines or bribes for operating
q3_14a
How much have you paid: As bribes
q3_14b
How much have you paid: As fines
q3_15
In the past year have you applied for any Government contract?
q3_16
Did you receive any of these contracts you applied for?
q3_17
What was the total value of the contracts you were awarded or are still waiting
q3_18
In the past year have you had any dispute with a customer or supplier about paym
q3_19
Did you contact the police or courts with regard to settling this dispute?
q3_20
Have you ever settled a commercial dispute in the courts?
q3_21
Do you feel confident that you could approach the police or courts to fairly set
q3_22a
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_22b
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_22c
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_22d
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_22e
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_22f
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_22g
During the year of 2010 so far, how many times has your firm received an inspect
q3_23
Does your business have any form of insurance in the business name?
q3_24
Do you have a bank account in the business name?
q3_25a_1
Loan 1: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_1
Loan 1: Amount applied
q3_25c_1
Loan 1: Was business registration required
q3_25d_1
Loan 1: Was loan granted
q3_25a_2
Loan 2: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_2
Loan 2: Amount applied
q3_25c_2
Loan 2: Was business registration required
q3_25d_2
Loan 2: Was loan granted
q3_25a_3
Loan 3: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_3
Loan 3: Amount applied
q3_25c_3
Loan 3: Was business registration required
q3_25d_3
Loan 3: Was loan granted
q3_25a_4
Loan 4: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_4
Loan 4: Amount applied
q3_25c_4
Loan 4: Was business registration required
q3_25d_4
Loan 4: Was loan granted
q3_25a_5
Loan 5: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_5
Loan 5: Amount applied
q3_25c_5
Loan 5: Was business registration required
q3_25d_5
Loan 5: Was loan granted
q3_25a_6
Loan 6: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_6
Loan 6: Amount applied
q3_25c_6
Loan 6: Was business registration required
q3_25d_6
Loan 6: Was loan granted
q3_25a_7
Loan 7: Which bank or microfinance agency did you apply to?
q3_25b_7
Loan 7: Amount applied
q3_25c_7
Loan 7: Was business registration required
q3_25d_7
Loan 7: Was loan granted
q3_26
Since January 2009, have you applied for any personal loan from a bank or microf
q3_27
Did they require proof of business income?
q3_28
Since January 2009, has your firm participated in any Government program for sma
q3_29_1
Which program or programs did you participate in?
q3_29_2
Which program or programs did you participate in?
q3_30
Was business registration required for any of these programs?
q3_31_1
Main benefits to your business have been of formalizing
q3_31_2
Main benefits to your business have been of formalizing
q3_31_3
Main benefits to your business have been of formalizing
q3_32a
How much confidence you have in press
q3_32b
How much confidence you have in police
q3_32c
How much confidence you have in courts
q3_32d
How much confidence you have in central/national government (eg. President, Cabi
q3_32e
How much confidence you have in provincial government (eg. Provincial Ministers)
q3_32f
How much confidence you have in Municipal Council, Urban Council or Pradeshiya S
q3_33a
How much you agree/disagree with: I feel the Government spends its revenue on it
q3_33b
How much you agree/disagree with: The success of my business depends on whether
q3_33c
How much you agree/disagree with: Part of being a good citizen is to pay your fa
q3_33d
How much you agree/disagree with: To a great extent my life is controlled by acc
q3_33e
How much you agree/disagree with: When I get what I want, it is usually because
q3_33f
How much you agree/disagree with: Sri Lanka would be a better place to live if m
q3_33g
How much you agree/disagree with: My life is determined by my own actions
q3_33h
How much you agree/disagree with: It is not wise for me to plan too far ahead, b
q3_33i
How much you agree/disagree with: The Government charges business people too muc
q3_33j
How much you agree/disagree with: When I get what I want, it is usually because
q3_33k
How much you agree/disagree with: Whether or not I am successful in life depends
q3_33l
How much you agree/disagree with: feel that what happens in my life is mostly de
q3_33m
How much you agree/disagree with: I feel in control of my life
q3_33n
How much you agree/disagree with: Success in business is mostly a matter of luck
q3_34a
Do you remember receiving an information pamphlet from our project about the cos
q3_34b
Did you read this pamphlet?
q3_34c
q3_35a
Did you receive a payment from the project for registering your business?
q3_35b_1
How much of your payment did you invest in: Equipment or machinery for this busi
q3_35b_2
How much of your payment did you invest in: Inventories or other working capital
q3_35b_3
How much of your payment did you invest in: Other assets for this business?
q3_35b_4
How much of your payment did you invest in:
q3_35b_5
How much of your payment did you invest in:
q3_35b_6
How much of your payment did you invest in:
q3_35b_7
How much of your payment did you invest in:
q3_36a
q3_36b
q3_36c_1
q3_36c_2
q3_36c_3
q3_36c_4
q3_36c_5
q3_36c_6
q3_36c_7
q4_1
In the last six months, have you done any form of advertising?
q4_2a
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Flyers
q4_2b
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Paid advertisements i
q4_2c
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Yellow pages / Phone
q4_2d
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Newspapers
q4_2e
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Billboards away from
q4_2f
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Attending meetings /
q4_2g
Which of the following types of advertising have you done? Other
q4_3
Records you have enough money left each month after paying business expenses to
q4_4
Does the business have a clear and visible sign outside the store, which indicat
q4_5
Is this sign bright and colorful, or old and faded?
q5_1_1
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? Nobo
q5_1_2
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? The s
q5_1_3
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? Other
q5_1_4
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? Other
q5_1_5
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? A chi
q5_1_6
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? A chi
q5_1_7
q5_1_8
q5_2
What is your impression of how well the respondent understood the questions bein
q5_3
What is your impression of the seriousness with which the respondent answered qu
q5_4
What is your overall impression of the preciseness/accuracy with which questions
q5_5_1
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q5_5_2
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q5_5_3
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q5_5_4
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q5_5_5
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q5_6
Any other comments?
Total: 248
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