{"doc_desc":{"idno":"DDI_NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M_WB","producers":[{"name":"Development Data Group","abbreviation":"DECDG","affiliation":"World Bank","role":"Documentation of the Study"}],"prod_date":"2021-06-30","version_statement":{"version":"Version 01"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"NGA_2016-2019_GEMIE-IO_v01_M","title":"Growth & Employment Program - Insourcing and Outsourcing Impact Evaluation Data 2016-2019","alt_title":"GEMIE-IO 2016-2019"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"David McKenzie","affiliation":"World Bank"},{"name":"Stephen Anderson","affiliation":"McCombs School of Business, UT Austin"}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Investment Climate Impact Program\/ComPEL","abbreviation":"ComPEL","role":"Funder"},{"name":"EDI","abbreviation":"EDI","role":"Funder"}]},"distribution_statement":{"depositor":[{"name":"David McKenzie","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"World Bank"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise Survey [en\/oth]"},"version_statement":{"version_date":"2021-07-01"},"study_info":{"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.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2016-03-01","end":"2016-12-15","cycle":"Baseline"},{"start":"2018-03-01","end":"2018-06-30","cycle":"First follow-up"},{"start":"2019-02-01","end":"2019-06-30","cycle":"Second follow-up"}],"nation":[{"name":"Nigeria","abbreviation":"NGA"}],"geog_coverage":"Firms in Abuja and Lagos","analysis_unit":"Firm","universe":"Firms that applied and were selected for the government Growth and Employment (GEM) program","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]"},"method":{"data_collection":{"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.","coll_mode":"Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]","research_instrument":"The following questionnaires were used for data collection and they are provided as supporting documentation:\n-  BaselineQuestionnaire.pdf - the baseline training manual and questionnaire\n-  Codebook_Baseline_Survey.xls - a codebook for the baseline questionnaire\n-  GEM First Follow-Up Survey.pdf - the first follow-up survey\n-  GEM Follow-p Survey_Round2.pdf - the second follow-up survey\n-  GEM consultant and trainer questionnaire.pdf - questionnaire on background of Trainers and Consultants\n-  SocialMediaScoring.xlsx - scoring questions for the 50 measures of social media quality\n-  GEMServiceProviderSurvey.xls - questionnaire given to business service providers \n        * InformationExperimentBaselineSurvey.pdf - baseline for the information experiment \n        * InformationExperimentFollowupSurvey.pdf - follow-up survey for the information experiment"},"analysis_info":{"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"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"All data have been anonymized to remove identifying information.","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Microdata Library","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"","uri":"microdata.worldbank.org"}],"cit_req":"Anderson, Stephen and David McKenzie (2021) \"Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur:\nA Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing and Outsourcing\", Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, Replication Data.","conditions":"Public use for research purposes only","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."}}},"schematype":"survey","tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}]}