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Comparative Firm Level Data 1992-1995

Africa, 1992 - 1995
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afr-csae-cfld-1992-1995-v1
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Centre for the Study of African Economies
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    afr-csae-cfld-1992-1995-v1
    Title
    Comparative Firm Level Data 1992-1995
    Country
    Name Country code
    Africa zaf
    Study type
    Enterprise/Establishment Survey [en/oth]
    Abstract
    The survey was part of the survey work of the Regional Programme on Enterprise Development (RPED), organised by the World Bank and funded by the Swedish, French, Belgian, UK, Canadian and Dutch governments. The data is from the manufacturing sector of five African countries, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
    Kind of Data
    Survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Establishments

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 1
    Version Date
    1998

    Scope

    Notes

    The dataset includes measures of both physical and human capital in the firms in the selected countries

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    employment [3.1] CESSDA
    labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDA
    working conditions [3.6] CESSDA

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Universe
    The universe of interest here is firms and their staff in the selected countries

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Centre for the Study of African Economies University of Oxford
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Swedish government Funder
    Government of the United Kingdom Funder
    French government Funder
    Belgian government Funder
    Canadian government Funder
    Dutch government Funder

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    The questionnaire collected data on the firm and also on workers (individual level data). At the firm level data on the outputs, costs and the details of the labour force of the firm were collected. Within each firm up to 10 workers were then interviewed and information collected on their educational background, their training and earnings.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1992 1995

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    Centre for the Study of African Economies University of Oxford
    Access conditions
    Public access data
    Citation requirements
    Centre for the Study of African Economics. Comparative firm-level data for the manufacturing sector[dataset]. Version 1. Centre for the Study of African Economics, University of Oxford [producer and distributor], 1998.

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    ddi-afr-cfld-1992-1995-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2011

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 1
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