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Measuring Employment: Experimental Evidence from Urban Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorHeath, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorGhazala, Mansuri
dc.contributor.authorRijkers, Bob
dc.contributor.authorSeitz, William
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Dhiraj
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T14:20:54Z
dc.date.available2024-01-09T14:20:54Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-12
dc.description.abstractsing a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period and the interview modality (in-person or over the phone) affect how people respond in labor surveys, with impacts varying markedly by job type. Survey participants report significantly more self-employment spells when the reference period is shorter than the traditional one week, with the impacts concentrated among those in home-based and mobile self-employment. In contrast, the reference period has no impact on the incidence of wage-employment. The wage-employed do report working fewer days and hours when confronted with a shorter reference period. Finally, interviews conducted on the phone yield lower estimates of employment, hours worked, and days worked among the self-employed who are working from home or a mobile location as compared to in-person interviews.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40858
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40858
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR STATISTICS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE SURVEY
dc.subjectREFERENCE PERIOD
dc.subjectINTERVIEW MODE
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSURVEY DESIGN
dc.subjectPHONE-BASED SURVEY
dc.titleMeasuring Employmenten
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Urban Ghanaen
dc.typeJournal article
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okr.crossref.titleMeasuring Employment: Experimental Evidence from Urban Ghana
okr.date.disclosure2020-06-12
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhaa014
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40858
okr.journal.nbpages635–651
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.volume35(3)
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