Reproducibility package for Business size, Development and Inequality in Latin America: a Tale of One Tail

2023

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Reference ID

RR_WLD_2023_11-v01

DOI

https://doi.org/10.60572/c5ez-3s10

Author(s)

Marcela Eslava, Marcela Meléndez, Laura Tenjo, Nicolás Urdaneta

Collections

World Bank Policy Research Working Papers

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Created on

Oct 04, 2023

Last modified

Nov 16, 2023

Overview

Abstract

Using official employment surveys for 45 Advanced Economies (AEs) and Latin American countries, we show that the positive cross-country correlation between business size and income per capita is tighter than previously found using firm-level datasets, and find a close negative business size-Gini relationship. We also find a closer connection between individual income and business size for workers in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) vs. those in AEs. Because employment data address the bias against the smallest productive units that characterize firm-level datasets, our approach uniquely assesses and highlights the dominance of the left tail of business size distribution in LDCs.

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Reproducibility package (data and code) for Business size, Development and Inequality in Latin America: a Tale of One Tail

Title

Reproducibility package (data and code) for Business size, Development and Inequality in Latin America: a Tale of One Tail

Date

2023-09

Software

Stata

Dependencies

outreg2 egenmore _gwtmean ftools reghdfe quantiles scheme_tufte unique labutil grc1leg. All dependencies are installed in the Master file

Instructions

See README in reproducibility package.

Repository

Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP)

Notes

Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.

Software

Stata

Name

Stata

Version

Reproducibility

Technology environment

Paper exhibits were reproduced in one computer with the following specifications:
• OS: Windows 10 Enterprise, version 21H2
• Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz 1.50 GHz
• Memory available: 15.7 GB
• Software version: Stata 17.0

Technology requirements

~20 minutes run time.

Reproduction instructions

A README file with detailed instructions is part of the reproducibility package.

Data

Datasets

Raw microdata/ARG_EPH_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/ARG_EPH_2019.dta

Note

Source: INDEC - Argentina

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/group

Raw microdata/BOL_EH_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/BOL_EH_2019.dta

Note

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/estadisticas-economicas/metadatos-sociales/

Raw microdata/BRA_PNADC_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/BRA_PNADC_2019.dta

Note

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/sociais/trabalho/9171-pesquisa-nacional-por-amostra-de-domicilios-continua-mensal.html?=&t=microdados

Raw microdata/CHL_CASEN_2017.dta

Name

Raw microdata/CHL_CASEN_2017.dta

Note

Source: Ministerio de Desarrollo Social Chile

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

http://observatorio.ministeriodesarrollosocial.gob.cl/encuesta-casen-2017

Raw microdata/COL_GEIH_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/COL_GEIH_2019.dta

Note

Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística Colombia

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://microdatos.dane.gov.co/index.php/catalog/599

Raw microdata/LFS 2018-19.dta

Name

Raw microdata/LFS 2018-19.dta

Note

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/lfs-2018-2019-microdata

Raw microdata/MEX_ENIGH_2018.dta

Name

Raw microdata/MEX_ENIGH_2018.dta

Note

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía México

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/enigh/nc/2018/#Microdatos

Raw microdata/PER_ENAHO_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/PER_ENAHO_2019.dta

Note

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática Perú

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.datosabiertos.gob.pe/search/type/dataset

Raw microdata/PRY_EPHC_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/PRY_EPHC_2019.dta

Note

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Paraguay

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.ine.gov.py/microdatos/microdatos.php

Raw microdata/URY_ECH_2019.dta

Name

Raw microdata/URY_ECH_2019.dta

Note

Source: Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Uruguay

Access policy

Published with package.

Data URL

https://www.gub.uy/instituto-nacional-estadistica/

DOM_ENCFT_2019.dta

Name

DOM_ENCFT_2019.dta

Note

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana

Access policy

Not included in the package. Microdata for the full survey is available under request to the country’s central bank (Banco Central República Dominicana).

Data URL

https://www.bancentral.gov.do/a/d/2574-inicio

CRI_ENAHO_2019.dta

Name

CRI_ENAHO_2019.dta

Note

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos Costa Rica.

Access policy

Not included in the package. Microdata for the full survey is available upon request. More information about this in the README file.

Data URL

http://sistemas.inec.cr/pad5/index.php/catalog/239/data-dictionary/F1?file_name=Enaho%202019

cps_18.dta

Name

cps_18.dta

Note

Source: IPUMS

Access policy

Not included in the package. Microdata for the full survey is available through IPUMS. More information about this in the README file.

Data URL

https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/group

EuroStata_person.dta

Name

EuroStata_person.dta

Access policy

Not included in the package. Microdata for the full survey is available only for individuals with scientific research purposes. More information included in the README file.

Data URL

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/microdata/public-microdata/statistics-on-income-and-living-conditions

Combined_s200c.dta

Name

Combined_s200c.dta

Note

Source: Australian Government Department of Social Services

Access policy

Not included in the package. Microdata for the full survey is available only for individuals with scientific research purposes. More information included in the README file.

Data URL

https://dataverse.ada.edu.au/dataverse/DSSLongitudinalStudies

Public datasets/Japan Table 2-1-1.xlsx and Public datasets/Japan Table II-1.xlsx

Name

Public datasets/Japan Table 2-1-1.xlsx and Public datasets/Japan Table II-1.xlsx

Access policy

Provided with the package. For the Japanese LFS microdata is not present. Tabulation data table containing employed persons by firm size. More information provided in the README file.

eklips22w.dta

Name

eklips22w.dta

Note

Source: Korea Labor Institute

Access policy

Not included in the package. Data from the KLIPS survey is publicly available but researchers must register in the Korean Labor Institute’s website. More information on the README file.

Data URL

https://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng

PerV1.txt

Name

PerV1.txt

Note

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation India

Access policy

Not included in the package. Data is publicly available but researchers must register to get access. More information on the README file.

Data URL

https://microdata.gov.in/nada43/index.php/catalog/162/related_materials

S00_rc.dta

Name

S00_rc.dta

Note

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)

Access policy

Not included in the package. Data is publicly available but researchers must register to get access. More information on the README file.

Data URL

https://microdata.cbs.gov.np/index.php/catalog/88

Data statement

The labor force survey for each country is primarily accessible through the statistical agency's website of each country. In certain instances, access to these surveys may require prior registration. In the README file, the authors outline every dataset and the steps to access each survey and provide a detailed description of the registration process, including any necessary application (and approval) for access.

Description

Output

Business size, Development and Inequality in Latin America: a Tale of One Tail

Type

Working Paper

Title

Business size, Development and Inequality in Latin America: a Tale of One Tail

Authors

Marcela Eslava, Marcela Meléndez, Laura Tenjo, Nicolás Urdaneta

Description

Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP) 10584

URL

https://documents1.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099316010062340644

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10584

Authors

Author	Affiliation	Email
Marcela Eslava	Universidad de Los Andes	meslava@uniandes.edu.co
Marcela Meléndez	World Bank	mmelendez@worldbank.org
Laura Tenjo	World Bank	lauratenjo@worldbank.org
Nicolás Urdaneta	Duke University and Universidad de Los Andes	n.urdaneta@duke.edu

Date of production

2023-09

Scope and coverage

Geographic locations

Location	Code
World	WLD
Latin America	LA

Keywords

business size developing economies firm-level datasets self-employment micro-enterprises income inequality Latin America

Topics

ID	Topic	Parent topic ID	Vocabulary
O54	Latin America • Caribbean	O5	Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
E24	Employment • Unemployment • Wages • Intergenerational Income Distribution • Aggregate Human Capital • Aggregate Labor Productivity	E2	Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
J21	Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure	J2	Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
J46	Informal Labor Markets	J4	Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)

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.

Access and rights

License

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

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Marcela Meléndez	World Bank	mmelendez@worldbank.org
Reproducibility WBG	World Bank	reproducibility@worldbank.org

Information on metadata

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Reyes Retana	MRR	World Bank	Junior Data Scientist

Date of Production

2023-10-03

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