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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/r3qg-b983

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David McKenzie, Stephen Anderson

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Impact Evaluation Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Jul 01, 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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