World Bank Enterprise Survey 2022

Iraq, 2022 - 2023

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Reference ID

IRQ_2022_WBES_v01_M

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World Bank Group (WBG)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

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Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Feb 06, 2025

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Feb 06, 2025

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Main reason establishment did not hire more workers in the last FY (l33_BR)

Data file: Iraq-2022-full-data.dta

Overview

Valid: 110

Invalid: 909

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2686

End: 2687

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	4	3.6%
1	Non-wage labor costs were too high	11	10%
2	Legally required minimum wage or cost of dismissal were too high	22	20%
3	Lack of skilled labor	12	10.9%
4	Competitive labor costs and benefits were too high	19	17.3%
5	Not enough budget or headquarters did not authorize the hiring	28	25.5%
6	Other	14	12.7%
Sysmiss		909

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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