{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2026-10-02","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Ivette Contreras","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"icontreras@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Lelys Dinarte-Diaz","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"ldinartediaz@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Amparo Palacios-Lopez","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"apalacioslopez@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Valentina Costa","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"vcosta@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Steffanny Romero","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"sromeroesteban@worldbank.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Closing The Gaps: The Role Of Screening Questions And Self-Reporting In Measuring Women\u2019s And Youths\u2019 Employment And Work ","idno":"PP_SLV_2026_732"},"data_statement":"All data sources are publicly available but not all are included in the reproducibility package.","software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"19.5 MP"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Closing The Gaps: The Role Of Screening Questions And Self-Reporting In Measuring Women\u2019s And Youths\u2019 Employment And Work","date":"2026-10","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank. 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Using a randomized survey experiment in El Salvador, we test two variations to the standard labor module, each targeting a distinct source of measurement error: a List of Activities (LOA) module that changes how survey questions cue work, and an Enforced Self-Reporting (ESR) protocol that requires individuals to report for themselves rather than through proxies. The LOA module increases reported work among women, narrowing the measured gender gap in reported work by 8.2 percentage points. ESR has no average effect, but this conceals offsetting shifts: older men report less employment than proxies report on their behalf, while younger men report more, narrowing the measured employment and work gaps between young and older men by 13.9 and 12.3 percentage points, respectively. These findings underscore that measured labor gaps are sensitive to surveydesign.","geographic_units":[{"name":"El Salvador","code":"SLV"}],"keywords":[{"name":"Labor Gender Gaps Measurement"},{"name":"Labor Age Gaps Measurement"},{"name":"Survey Methods"},{"name":"Informality"}],"topics":[{"id":"O1","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Economic Development","parent_id":"O"},{"id":" J2","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Demand and Supply of Labor","parent_id":"J"},{"id":" C8","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology \u2022 Computer Programs","parent_id":"C"}],"output":[{"type":"Journal Article","description":"Journal Articles","title":"Closing The Gaps: The Role Of Screening Questions And Self-Reporting In Measuring Women\u2019s And Youths\u2019 Employment And Work "}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"technology_requirements":"Runtime: 5 hours","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. 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The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"MIT License","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/mit"},{"name":"World Bank IGO Rider","uri":"https:\/\/github.com\/worldbank\/metadata-editor\/blob\/main\/WB-IGO-RIDER.md"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Ivette Contreras","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"icontreras@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"name":"Methodological Innovations for Measuring Informality \u2013 A Survey Experiment on Labor Measurement 2022","access_type":"Data is publicly available but does not allow redistribution and is not included in the reproducibility package.\n","note":"Source: World Bank","license":"Direct Access","license_uri":"https:\/\/microdata.worldbank.org\/terms-of-use#direct_access","uri":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48529\/276V-0P39","citation":"Palacios-Lopez, A., & Contreras, I. 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See the Datasets section for more details.\n2.  **Place the files in the appropriate folders:** Place the file according to the paths specified in `data_hash_report.csv`.\n3. **Run the Package:**\n     - Update the directory in line 15 of `master-dofile`\n     - Run the  `master-dofile`","technology_environment":"Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:\n\u2022 OS: Windows 11 Enterprise\n\u2022 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165U @ 2.60GHz\n\u2022 Memory available: 20 GB"},"datacite":{"creators":[{"givenName":"Ivette","familyName":"Contreras","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Lelys","familyName":"Dinarte-Diaz","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Amparo","familyName":"Palacios-Lopez","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Valentina","familyName":"Costa","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Steffanny","familyName":"Romero","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]}],"titles":[{"lang":"en","title":"Reproducibility package for Closing The Gaps: The Role Of Screening Questions And Self-Reporting In Measuring Women\u2019s And Youths\u2019 Employment And Work (Journal Version)"},{"title":"PP_SLV_2026_732","titleType":"Other"}],"publisher":"World Bank","publicationYear":"2026","types":{"resourceType":"Reproducibility package","resourceTypeGeneral":"Other"},"url":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org\/index.php\/catalog\/study\/PP_SLV_2026_732","language":"en"},"tags":[{"tag":"Accessible Data"},{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Open Code"}],"schematype":"script"}