What did they say? Respondent identity, question framing, and the measurement of employment

Rosa Abraham, Nishat Anjum, Rahul Lahoti and Hema Swaminathan

No wp-2024-64, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Drawing from two labour market experiments in rural India, we offer insights on the influence of survey design on the measurement of employment. The first experiment contrasts self-reported estimates of employment with proxy-reported estimates from spouses. We find that employment estimates based on reports by men underestimate women's employment by six percentage points compared to estimates from women themselves. There are significant differences in the types of employment activities reported by self and proxy.

Keywords: Survey; Gender; Labour force participation; India; Household survey; Survey data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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