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Reproducibility package for Closing the Gaps: The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Young People’s Employment and Work

2024
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RR_SLV_2024_114
DOI
https://doi.org/10.60572/p3qv-z567
Author(s)
Ivette Contreras, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Valentina Costa, Steffanny Romero
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World Bank Policy Research Working Papers
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Created on
May 01, 2024
Last modified
May 01, 2024
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    Abstract

    Can alternative survey methods address the underreporting of women’s and young men’s labor market outcomes, and thus improve the measurement of the underlying gender- and age-based gaps? We address this question using a survey experiment in El Salvador that compares two alternative survey methods (including a List of Activities survey module (LOA) to help identifying labor activities and enforcing self-responses (ESR) in the labor module) against the business-as-usual method in household surveys, which consists of proxy responses without a LOA module. We show that including the LOA module results in higher work and employment rates for the average respondent when compared to the business-as-usual method. Notably, the work gap between men and women falls with the LOA module by 8.1 percentage points. Moreover, the age gap for male respondents’ employment and work rates falls by 13.9 pp and 12.3 pp with ESR. We document that these results can be determined by the prevalence of peers’ informal employment or by social norms related to domestic obligations.

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    Reproducibility package for Closing the Gaps: The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Young People’s Employment and Work
    Title
    Reproducibility package for Closing the Gaps: The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Young People’s Employment and Work
    Date
    2024-03
    Dependencies
    outreg2, ereplace, reghdfe, balancetable, swindex, coefplot, ftools, ritest, listtab. All dependency files are included in the folder "Do files/ado" of the reproducibility package.
    Instructions
    See README in reproducibility package.
    Notes
    Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.
    Source code repository
    Repository name URI
    Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) https://reproducibility.worldbank.org
    Software
    Stata
    Name
    Stata
    Version
    18

    Reproducibility

    Technology environment

    Paper exhibits were reproduced in a computer with these specifications:
    – OS: Windows 11 Enterprise
    – Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 CPU @ 2.60GHz
    – Memory available: 15.7 GB
    – Software version: Stata version 17

    Technology requirements

    Runtime: 8 hours

    Data

    Datasets
    Labor Measurement for Women and Youth: Randomized Survey Experiment in El Salvador
    Name
    Labor Measurement for Women and Youth: Randomized Survey Experiment in El Salvador
    Note
    Data collected in the departments of San Salvador and Usulután in El Salvador between August and October 2022. Data file: "all_sections.dta".
    Access policy
    Data will be made public in the World Bank's Microdata Library on July 2026. Replicators may contact the authors for early data access.
    Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitos Multiples 2022 (EHPM) - El Salvador
    Name
    Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitos Multiples 2022 (EHPM) - El Salvador
    Note
    EHPM collects socioeconomic information from households in El Salvador. Data file used: "EHPM 2022.sav".
    Access policy
    Data is public but not included in the reproducibility package. Downloading instructions are detailed in the do-file "02_ehpm.do".
    Data URL
    https://onec.bcr.gob.sv/Repositorio_archivos/
    Data statement

    All data used are public but not included in the reproducibility package.

    Description

    Output
    Closing the Gaps: The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Young People’s Employment and Work
    Type
    Working paper
    Title
    Closing the Gaps: The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Young People’s Employment and Work
    Description
    Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP)
    Authors
    Author Affiliation Email
    Ivette Contreras World Bank icontreras@worldbank.org
    Lelys Dinarte-Diaz World Bank, IZA, CESifo, HiCN ldinartediaz@worldbank.org
    Amparo Palacios-Lopez World Bank apalacioslopez@worldbank.org
    Valentina Costa World Bank vcosta@worldbank.org
    Steffanny Romero World Bank sromeroesteban@worldbank.org
    Date of production

    2024-04

    Scope and coverage

    Geographic locations
    Location Code
    El Salvador SLV
    Keywords
    labor gender gaps measurement labor age gaps measurement survey methods informality gender norms
    Topics
    ID Topic Parent topic ID Vocabulary Vocabulary URI
    O1 Economic Development O Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    J2 Demand and Supply of Labor J Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
    C8 Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology • Computer Programs C Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)

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    Disclaimer

    The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.

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    License
    Name URI
    Modified BSD3 https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Ivette Contreras World Bank icontreras@worldbank.org
    Reproducibility WBG World Bank reproducibility@worldbank.org

    Information on metadata

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Reproducibility WBG DIME World Bank - Development Impact Department Verification and preparation of metadata
    Date of Production

    2024-04-12

    Document version

    1

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