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

Nigeria, 2016 - 2019

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Reference ID

NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M

DOI

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

Producer(s)

David McKenzie, Stephen Anderson

Collection(s)

Impact Evaluation Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Jul 01, 2021

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Jul 01, 2021

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Identification

Survey ID number

NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M

Title

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

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Nigeria	NGA

Study type

Enterprise Survey [en/oth]

Abstract

Many small firms lack the finance and marketing skills needed for growth. A standard approach is to train the entrepreneur in these skills. However, rather than requiring entrepreneurs to learn everything, an alternative is to move beyond the boundary of the entrepreneur and link firms to these skills in a marketplace through insourcing workers, or outsourcing tasks to professionals. We conducted a randomized experiment in Nigeria to test the relative effectiveness of these different approaches to improving business practices. Insourcing and outsourcing both dominate business training; and do at least as well as business consulting at one-half of the cost. Replication data for this project are provided.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Firm

Version

Version Date

2021-07-01

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Firms in Abuja and Lagos

Universe

Firms that applied and were selected for the government Growth and Employment (GEM) program

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
David McKenzie	World Bank
Stephen Anderson	McCombs School of Business, UT Austin

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Investment Climate Impact Program/ComPEL	Funder
EDI	Funder

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Firms applied to the Growth and Employment (GEM) Program. To qualify for the programs in our experiment, firms needed to pass a second screening step demonstrating they: (i) were not already insourcing or outsourcing both their marketing function and finance function; (ii) had between 2 and 15 workers; and (iii) received a score of 5.0 to 8.0 (out of 10) in terms of their baseline business practices5. This resulted in an experimental sample of 753 firms.

Response Rate

The first follow-up survey had a response rate of 88.6%, and the second follow-up survey had a response rate of 86.1%. 93% of firms completed at least one of the follow-up surveys

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The following questionnaires were used for data collection and they are provided as supporting documentation:

BaselineQuestionnaire.pdf - the baseline training manual and questionnaire
Codebook_Baseline_Survey.xls - a codebook for the baseline questionnaire
GEM First Follow-Up Survey.pdf - the first follow-up survey
GEM Follow-p Survey_Round2.pdf - the second follow-up survey
GEM consultant and trainer questionnaire.pdf - questionnaire on background of Trainers and Consultants
SocialMediaScoring.xlsx - scoring questions for the 50 measures of social media quality
GEMServiceProviderSurvey.xls - questionnaire given to business service providers
- InformationExperimentBaselineSurvey.pdf - baseline for the information experiment
- InformationExperimentFollowupSurvey.pdf - follow-up survey for the information experiment

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2016-03-01	2016-12-15	Baseline
2018-03-01	2018-06-30	First follow-up
2019-02-01	2019-06-30	Second follow-up

Depositor information

Depositor

Name	Affiliation
David McKenzie	World Bank

Data Access

Access authority

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

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	All data have been anonymized to remove identifying information.

Access conditions

Public use for research purposes only

Citation requirements

Anderson, Stephen and David McKenzie (2021) "Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur:
A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing and Outsourcing", Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, Replication Data.

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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Development Data Group	World Bank	Documentation of the Study

Date of Metadata Production

2021-06-30

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01

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