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Microenterprise Survey 2005-2010

Sri Lanka, 2005 - 2010
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LKA_2005_SLMS_v01_M
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Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
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Data file: SLMSMaster_web

The file contains data which reproduces the results in "Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 123(4), pp. 1329-1372.

Cases: 7167
Variables: 325

Variables

sheno
wave
K
K2_noland
K2_nolandnew
K_noland
K_own
a_equip
a_equip_rent
a_inv
Calculated market value of your current inventories
a_land
a_land_rent
a_levels
ability3
Scores for component 1
achievecompete
achievement
achievework
age
Age of entrepreneur
age5to12
Number of hh members age5to12
age5to12inschool
Number of hh members age5to12inschool
age12to15
Number of hh members age12to15
age12to15inschool
Number of hh members age12to15inschool
age12to18
Number of hh members age12to18
age12to18inschool
Number of hh members age12to18inschool
age15to20
Number of hh members age15to20
age15to20inschool
Number of hh members age15to20inschool
age17to18
Number of hh members age17to18
age17to18inschool
Number of hh members age17to18inschool
agebus
agebusiness
amount
appliances
Household expenditure in appliances
assetindex
Asset index of durables
athomebus
badluck
Bad luck main reason for failure
businessgambler
would take gamble to double business size
carer
cash
cashamount
clothing
Household expenditure in clothing
coeffvar
Coefficient of Variation of Expected Profits
communication
Household expenditure in communication
condit_equip_buy
amount of equipment bought conditional on buying (missing if d_equip_buy==0)
contentdamage
Contents damaged in tsunami
crt
number of 3 CRT questions answered correctly
customers1km
Percentage of revenue that comes from customers within 1 Km of the firm
d_equip_buy
amount purchased of equipment (no land)
detailedind
What is the nature of your business or what does your activity consist of?
digitspan
Digit Span recall Maximum
dpurchaseequip
1 if positive amount purchased of equip (no land)
dumrealspoilinv
1 if has positive real spoiled inventories
ednyears
Years of education of entrepreneur
ednyearsFIRM
What is the highest level of education you have attained?
education
Household expenditure in education
electronics
Household expenditure in electronics
englishspeaker
Can speak English dummy
enroll5to12
School enrollment in age group (num in school/total num)
enroll12to15
School enrollment in age group (num in school/total num)
enroll12to18
School enrollment in age group (num in school/total num)
enroll15to20
School enrollment in age group (num in school/total num)
enroll17to18
School enrollment in age group (num in school/total num)
eq_spend
equip
equip_own
equipamount
ets
evertreat
exp
exptot
famhours
fatherbus
fatheredn
Father's years of education
fatherednFIRM
What is the highest level of education attained by your father?
fatheroc_12
femaleverified
financialliteracy
financialrisk
Willingness to take financial risk
firmsinindustryetreat1k
firmsinindustryetreat5k
firmsinindustryetreat500m
firmsinindustrytreat1k
firmsinindustrytreat5k
firmsinindustrytreat500m
food
Household expenditure in food
footwear
Household expenditure in footwear
fuel
Household expenditure in fuel
furnishing
Household expenditure in furnishing
gender
granddadbus
groceries
Household expenditure in groceries
health
Household expenditure in health
healthrisk
Willingness to take risks with health
height_12
hhinjured
Household member injured in tsunami
hhsize
Household Size
hoursownersp
Hours worked by the spouse of the owner
housedamage
House damaged in tsunami
housing
Household expenditure in housing
impulsiveness
ind
ind1
newindustry==Retail Shop
ind2
newindustry==Food sales
ind3
newindustry==Clothing
ind4
newindustry==Sales of non-food
ind5
newindustry==Lace
ind6
newindustry==Repair services
ind7
newindustry==Manufacturing
ind8
newindustry==Personal Services
ind9
newindustry==Other
initK
initownhours
ownhours at baseline w=1 (C)
innovation
Have you started manufacturing or selling any new products in the last 3 months?
inputs
intmigrant
Has ever worked abroad
inv
inventories
inv_spend
kh_11
kh_12
kh_13
kh_14
kh_15
kh_16
kh_17
kh_18
kh_19
kh_20
kh_21
kh_22
kh_23
kh_24
kh_25
kh_26
kh_27
kh_28
lackdemand
Has the lack of demand constrained your business from being your desired size?
lackdemandyes
Dummy=1 if lack of demand is considered a constraint (C)
land
land_own
loanbank
locusII
Scores for component 1
locusofcontrol
lotBcrra
Relative Risk Aversion by lottery B
main_amount
Sheno with equip treatment: Amount spent on main item (C)
main_item
Sheno with equip treatment: Category of main item purchased (C)
mainreasonfails
Main reason business fails
male
Dummy for male
married
Dummy for married
migrant
Born outside current location
motherbus
motheredn
Mother's years of education
motherednFIRM
What is the highest level of education attained by your mother?
mu7
mu8
mu9
muslim
Dummy for muslim religion (vs buddist, r.c.)
narrowfirmsetreat1k
narrowfirmsetreat5k
narrowfirmsetreat500m
narrowfirmstreat1k
narrowfirmstreat5k
narrowfirmstreat500m
newindustry
Classif into 9 industries according to detailedind (C)
nondurable
Household expenditure in nondurable
nonfamhours
notworkhardenough
Main reason for failure is lack of hard work
numfirmsetreat1k
numfirmsetreat5k
numfirmsetreat500m
numfirmstreat1k
numfirmstreat5k
numfirmstreat500m
numkid
Number of hh members under 15
numkid12
Number of hh members under 12
numold
Number of hh members over 65
nwageworkers
Number of Wage Workers
o_levels
optimismI
optimismII
optimistic
organization
otherbusworkers
overallliferisk
Overall willingness to take risk in life - R5_5.1
ownerchanged
ownhours
How many hours did you spend working in this business last week?
ownhours1
p_ability3
p_achievecompete
p_achievement
p_achievework
p_carer
p_digitspan
p_financialliteracy
p_impulsiveness
p_locusofcontrol
p_lotBcrra
p_optimismII
p_organization
p_overallliferisk
p_passionforwork
p_polychronicity
p_powermotivation
p_selfefficacy
p_tenacity
p_timetosolve
p_trust
p_workcentrality
passionforwork
payment_actual
Sheno with equip treatment: Actual payment from project to firm (C)
polychronicity
poor_neighbors
poor_you
poorskill
Poor skill is main reason for failure
powermotivation
prof
Profits
prop50atlcustomers1k
Dummy=1 if at least 50% of revenues come from customers within 1km (C)
prop100customers1k
Dummy=1 if 100% of revenues come from customers within 1km (C)
propfem_detailedind
% of females in the detailed industry
propmale_detailedind
% of males in the detailed industry
q2_24_1
Percentage of firm inputs coming from suppliers within 1 Km of the firm
q2_25
Does one supplier provide at least a quarter of your inputs?
q2_26_1
Percentage of revenue that comes from customers within 1 Km of the firm
q2_26_2
Percentage of revenue that comes from customers in same G.N. more than 1 Km from
q2_26_3
Percentage of revenue that comes from customers in the same D.S. but different G
q2_26_4
Percentage of revenue that comes from customers in the same district but differe
q2_26_5
Percentage of revenue that comes from customers in the same province but differe
q2_28
Does one customer account for at least a quarter of sales?
q2_29
How many customers your business sold to on the last full day of work?
raven
realinv
Real inventories
realprof
realspoilinv
Real spoiled inventories
reasonelderly
Reason for selfemployment: caring for elderly family (C)
reasonelderly4
dummy 1 if reasonelderly=4 caring for elderly family very important (C)
reasonflex
Reason for selfemployment: felxibility for household tasks (C)
reasonflex4
dummy 1 if reasonflex=4 felxibility for household tasks very important(C)
reasongrow
Reason for selfemployment: potential for business growth (C)
reasongrow4
dummy 1 if reasongrow=4 potential for business growth very important (C)
reasonkids
Reason for selfemployment: caring for children (C)
reasonkids4
dummy 1 if reasonkids=4 caring for children very important (C)
recreation
Household expenditure in recreation
refuse100
Choses 40 instead of 100% chance of 100
registerDS
registerPG
registerPS
registeredPS
Registered with Pradeshiya Sabawa (R4)
relabroad
Has a relative abroad
reldead
Relative killed in tsunami
relhhowner
Rel of owner with hhh (hh, spouse, son...) (can change in time)
rev
rev_baseline
revmu
revtot
revupdate
rexp_appliances
Real Household expenditure in rexp_appliances
rexp_clothing
Real Household expenditure in rexp_clothing
rexp_communication
Real Household expenditure in rexp_communication
rexp_education
Real Household expenditure in rexp_education
rexp_electronics
Real Household expenditure in rexp_electronics
rexp_food
Real Household expenditure in rexp_food
rexp_footwear
Real Household expenditure in rexp_footwear
rexp_fuel
Real Household expenditure in rexp_fuel
rexp_furnishing
Real Household expenditure in rexp_furnishing
rexp_groceries
Real Household expenditure in rexp_groceries
rexp_health
Real Household expenditure in rexp_health
rexp_housing
Real Household expenditure in rexp_housing
rexp_month_appliances
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_appliances
rexp_month_clothing
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_clothing
rexp_month_communication
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_communication
rexp_month_education
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_education
rexp_month_electronics
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_electronics
rexp_month_food
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_food
rexp_month_footwear
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_footwear
rexp_month_fuel
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_fuel
rexp_month_furnishing
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_furnishing
rexp_month_groceries
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_groceries
rexp_month_health
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_health
rexp_month_housing
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_housing
rexp_month_nondurable
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_nondurable
rexp_month_recreation
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_recreation
rexp_month_services
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_services
rexp_month_total
rexp_month_transport
Monthly Real Household expenditure in rexp_month_transport
rexp_nondurable
Real Household expenditure in rexp_nondurable
rexp_recreation
Real Household expenditure in rexp_recreation
rexp_services
Real Household expenditure in rexp_services
rexp_transport
Real Household expenditure in rexp_transport
selfefficacy
Belief in ability to do things (sum of 10 items)
services
Household expenditure in services
sinhalaspeaker
Can speak Sinhala dummy
sinhalese
Dummy for being Sinhalese
spoiledinv
Nominal spoiled inventories
tamilspeaker
Can speak Tamil dummy
temp
tenacity
timetosolve
Time to Solve Maze
transport
Household expenditure in transport
treatever
treatever100
Flag for sheno that at some point received treatment=1 (C)
treatever200
Flag for sheno that at some point received treatment=2 (C)
treatmentround
Treated in the first or second group
Total: 325
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