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
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13483