• http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005213

Urquidi, Manuel;Serrate, Liliana;Sardán, Solange;Chumacero, Mauricio;Albarracín, Santiago, 2024, Bolivia Labor Market Survey: Demand 2022 (Aggregated Data), IDB Open Data, https://doi.org/10.60966/h7zxh9vb

To carry out the surveys, a sampling framework was developed that is adapted to the dynamics of the companies. On the one hand, large and medium-sized companies were considered, and on the other, small companies, mainly because the latter are volatile and, therefore, require different treatment. A pre-selection of the companies to be visited was made using the information from the Public Business Registry Service (SEPREC) as a framework, then, using these surveys as a parameter, areas were delimited so that, in the first instance and before carrying out the visit, an update list of each area is made to identify possible informal companies that are not included in the SEPREC database. Once the update list was completed, companies were randomly selected according to size. Our universe includes all small, medium, and large companies in the metropolitan areas of El Alto, La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz. Small companies were those with 5 to 20 employees; medium-sized companies were those with 21 to 49 employees; while large companies were those with 50 or more employees. A probabilistic sample design was applied, with allocation proportional to the population size.