Policy Research
News
Measuring Rural Women’s Employment in Surveys: Key Issues for Research and Policy Targeting
Gayatri Koolwal discusses issues and recommendations for measuring rural women’s employment in her new paper, using LSMS-ISA data from four countries.Read More
Econothon - Data Dives: Interview with Survey Specialist Sydney Gourlay
Learn more about the economics behind international development, and what it's like to be a young economist at the World Bank, with LSMS's Sydney Gourlay!Read More
Econothon - Young Economists: Interview with Survey Specialist Heather Moylan
Learn more about the economics behind international development, and what it's like to be a young economist at the World Bank, with LSMS's Heather Moylan!Read More
New Resource Associated With the LSMS-ISA Data Sets for Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania
The Evans School Policy Analysis & Research group (EPAR) at the University of Washington has developed over 150 indicators related to agricultural development, using LSMS-ISA datasets from Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania.Read More
The Hunt for the Elusive Big Five
Personality traits such as Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism—also known as the Big Five—are often emphasized to be equally important for many socioeconomic outcomes. Can these be accurately measured and interpreted?Read More
Publications
WB Working Paper
Employment Data in Household Surveys: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead
Individual-level employment data have a wide range of applications. They are used to monitor labor markets and the Sustainable Development Goals, contribute to understanding and explaining...
WB Working Paper
Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment: Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
Rural economies are in transition around the world; in many countries, improved technology and linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and accelerated production for some farmers. At...
