Replication Package: Self-employment and Migration 1991-2018
World, 1991 - 2018
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WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M
Replication Package: Self-employment and Migration 1991-2018
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| World | WLD |
There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities so as to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of existing jobs, providing more opportunities for people to start businesses is a key policy option. But empirical evidence to support this idea is slight, and economic theory offers several reasons why the self-employed may in fact be more likely to migrate.
The "Self-employment and Migration", World Development study conducted two sets of analysis: 1) It put together panel surveys from 8 countries to look descriptively at the relationship between self-employment and migration; 2) It re-analyzed 7 randomized experiments that increased self-employment to look at their impacts on migration.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Version
-v01
2021-01-20
This version of upload includes the replication package of the 'Self-employment and Migration' study. The data, code and outputs are uploaded in this version. All identifying information has been removed. A readme document is attached with the package upload detailing all contents of the uploaded files.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| World Bank |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| David McKenzie | World Bank | Primary investigator |
| Samuele Giambra | Brown University | Primary investigator |
Survey instrument
Derived data, see paper and readme document found under 'Documentation' for sources
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2018 | multiple countries/surveys |
Data here are constructed datasets from multiple different panel data surveys and multiple randomized experiments
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Microdata Library | World Bank | microdata.worldbank.org |
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
World Bank. World - Replication Package: Self-employment and Migration (RPSEM) 1991-2018. Ref: WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].
Required Citation for Paper:
Giambra, Samuele and David McKenzie (2021) “Self-Employment and Migration”, World Development, 141: article 105362, May 2021.
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| David McKenzie | World Bank | dmckenzie@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_WLD_1991-2018_RPSEM_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2021-01-20
Metadata version
Version 01 (January 2021)