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

Nigeria, 2016 - 2019
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NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M
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David McKenzie, Stephen Anderson
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Oct 14, 2021
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Data file: informationbaseline.dta

Survey Data - Baseline Data from Information Experiment

Cases: 1054
Variables: 55

Variables

biz_id
Firm unique ID
state
State of Business (Location)
treatgroup
Treatment group
strata
Strata (doortodoor x state)
admin_product
Product or service
admin_ownership
Ownership modality
admin_crnt_mktserv
Current use of market-provided services
admin_plan_mktserv
Plans to use market-provided services
bl_doortodoor
Door to door survey
bl_sector
Business Sector
bl_A3a
A.3a. What is your gender?
bl_A3b2
A.3b2. By today's date of birth how old are you?
bl_A3c
A.3c. What is the highest qualification that you hold?
bl_B0a
B.0a Could you describe briefly your main activity/product/service?
bl_B0b
B.0b. How long has your business been operating?
bl_B0c
B.0c. Has this business sold any product(s)/service(s) during the last 6 months?
bl_B1
B.1. During the past twelve months, for how many months was your business runnin
bl_B2
B.2. Do you have a business website?
bl_C1
C.1. What were your total sales last month in Naira? Please think about all th
bl_C2
C.2. What were your sales for an average month in the last 12 months?
bl_C4
C.4. How many full-time employees (excluding yourself) do you have working in yo
bl_C5
C.5. How many part-time employees do you have working in your business today? T
bl_C6
C.6. How many partners do you have for this business? These are people who co-
bl_E1a
E.1.a Generally speaking, most people in this community are honest and can be tr
bl_E1b
E.1.b It is difficult to find employees who are trustworthy
bl_E1c
E.1.c It is hard to keep people accountable for completing the jobs they’ve been
bl_F1_1
F.1. In the last 12 months, how did you find your new employees? Please choose a
bl_F1_2
F.1. In the last 12 months, how did you find your new employees? Please choose a
bl_F1_3
F.1. In the last 12 months, how did you find your new employees? Please choose a
bl_F1_4
F.1. In the last 12 months, how did you find your new employees? Please choose a
bl_F1_5
F.1. In the last 12 months, how did you find your new employees? Please choose a
bl_F1_6
F.1. In the last 12 months, how did you find your new employees? Please choose a
bl_F2
F.2. What was the main reason you decided to use an HR Specialist?
bl_F2_oth
F.2_97. Others_specify
bl_F4
F.4. Over the last 6 months, who was the main person or entity that managed the
bl_F5
F.5. What was the main reason you decided to use an outside Accounting agency?
bl_F7
F.7. Over the last 6 months, who was the main person or entity that managed the
bl_F8
F.8. What was the main reason you decided to use an outside Marketing agency?
bl_F8_oth
F.8_6. Others_specify
bl_F9a
F.9A. SME owners do not know of any outside HR, Marketing, or Accounting agencie
bl_F9b
F.9B. SME owners do not know what kind of expertise their business needs at a gi
bl_F9c
F.9C. SME owners find it difficult to judge the skills of outsiders (i.e. they c
bl_F9d
F.9D. SME owners think there is a low expected return from using an outside HR,
bl_F9e
F.9E. SME owners think returns are possible but highly uncertain (i.e. HR, Marke
bl_F9f
F.9F. SME owners believe there is a lack of qualified HR specialists, Marketers,
bl_F9g
F.9G. SME owners lack the money to pay for these HR, Marketing, or Accounting se
bl_F9h
F.9H. SME owners are not confident they will find someone they can trust with th
bl_F9i
F.9I. SME owners are worried it will take too much time or hassle to find an out
bl_F9j
F.9J. SME owners are under pressure to hire family/friends (i.e., they give such
bl_G1a
G.1a. How confident are you that you could quickly find an HR agency if you want
bl_G1b
G.1b. How confident are you that before using such a service, you could judge th
bl_G1c
G.1c. How confident are you that you could afford the likely cost of using such
bl_G2a
G.2a. How confident are you that you could quickly find a professional business
bl_G2b
G.2b. How confident are you that before using such a firm, you could judge the q
bl_G2c
G.2c. How confident are you that you could afford the likely cost of using such
Total: 55
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