Selection and Impact of Modern Industrial Employment

Foreign firms and foreign direct investment are crucial to development of low-income countries; they stimulate structural transformation from agriculture to industrial production, foster technologies transfer and disseminate advanced managerial practices. The study aimed to understand employees’ selection and allocation procedures at a modern manufacturing firm, and whether the productive workers select in or if workers selected on other characteristics.

Client:

UBC, London School of Economics, Havard University, University of California

Location:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Service Line:

Impact Evaluation

Funded by:

August 14, 2020

Date:

August 2019 to June 2024

Sector:

Research

MISSR Leading Roles

In this assignment, we were responsible for the following activities;

  1. prepare electronic survey instrument (include translation, programing, etc.);
  2. hire and train survey enumerators;
  3. sample and survey respondents, and issue participation fee to the respondents; and
  4. conduct quality control and fieldwork monitoring
  5. Data processing and cleaning

Respondents were classified in different categories:

  1. Factory workers applicants: One who visit the factory and apply for a job
  2. Detailed applicant: sampled factory applicant who interviewed for a 1 hour long interview
  3. Neighborhood: Potential applicant who lived 2km radius from the factory

Phases:

  1. Pilot 2019-2020: Completed
  2. Baseline 2021 – 2022: On going
  3. End-line 2023 – 2024: Not started
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