Measuring Employment : Experimental Evidence from Urban Ghana
Using 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...
Main Authors: | Heath, Rachel, Mansuri, Ghazala, Rijkers, Bob, Seitz, William, Sharma, Dhiraj |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/335911591019051628/Measuring-Employment-Experimental-Evidence-from-Urban-Ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33847 |
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