Replication Package: Self-employment and Migration 1991-2018

China, Egypt, Arab Rep., Indonesia, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Tanzania, United States, 1991 - 2018

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Reference ID

WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/qc30-a483

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Jan 22, 2021

Last modified

Apr 26, 2021

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Identification

Survey ID number

WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M

Title

Replication Package: Self-employment and Migration 1991-2018

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
China	CHN
Egypt, Arab Rep.	EGY
Indonesia	IDN
India	IND
Mexico	MEX
Nigeria	NGA
Tanzania	TZA
United States	USA

Abstract

There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities so as to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of existing jobs, providing more opportunities for people to start businesses is a key policy option. But empirical evidence to support this idea is slight, and economic theory offers several reasons why the self-employed may in fact be more likely to migrate.

The "Self-employment and Migration", World Development study conducted two sets of analysis: 1) It put together panel surveys from 8 countries to look descriptively at the relationship between self-employment and migration; 2) It re-analyzed 7 randomized experiments that increased self-employment to look at their impacts on migration.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Version

Version Description

-v01

Version Date

2021-01-20

Version Notes

This version of upload includes the replication package of the 'Self-employment and Migration' study. The data, code and outputs are uploaded in this version. All identifying information has been removed. A readme document is attached with the package upload detailing all contents of the uploaded files.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
World Bank

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
David McKenzie	World Bank	Primary investigator
Samuele Giambra	Brown University	Primary investigator

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

Derived data, see paper and readme document found under 'Documentation' for sources

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
1991	2018	multiple countries/surveys

Data Collection Notes

Data here are constructed datasets from multiple different panel data surveys and multiple randomized experiments

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL
Microdata Library	World Bank	microdata.worldbank.org

Citation requirements

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

the Identification of the Primary Investigator
the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
the survey reference number
the source and date of download

Example:
World Bank. World - Replication Package: Self-employment and Migration (RPSEM) 1991-2018. Ref: WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].

Required Citation for Paper:
Giambra, Samuele and David McKenzie (2021) “Self-Employment and Migration”, World Development, 141: article 105362, May 2021.

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.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
David McKenzie	World Bank	dmckenzie@worldbank.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v02_WB

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Development Economics Data Group	The World Bank	Documentation of the DDI

Date of Metadata Production

2021-01-20

Metadata version

DDI Document version

DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/21/21)
This version is identical to DDI_WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M_WB but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.