Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions Are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania

Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions Are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania

Labor market statistics are critical for assessing and understanding economic development. However, widespread variation exists in how labor statistics are collected in household surveys. This paper analyzes the effects of alternative survey design on employment statistics by implementing a randomiz...

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Main Authors: Bardasi, Elena, Beegle, Kathleen, Dillon, Andrew, Serneels, Pieter
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
child labor
employee
employment
employment rates
employment status
female employment
female labor
female labor force
Household Survey
household surveys
labor force
labor force participation
Labor market
Labor Statistics
Labour
Labour Force
unemployment
unemployment duration
wage employment
workers
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13483

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