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Vijverberg&field=authors" class="author" >Wim P.M. Vijverberg</a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Volume</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Issue</td> <td>LSM84</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Publication (Day/Month/Year)</td> <td>1991</td> </tr> <tr> <td>URL</td> <td><a href="http://imagebank.worldbank.org/servlet/main?ImgPagePK=64202988&entityID=000178830_98101902173995&pagePK=64148799&theSitePK=3358997&piPK=64148568" target="_blank">http://imagebank.worldbank.org/servlet/main?ImgPagePK=64202988&entityID=000178830_98101902173995&pag​ePK=64148799&theSitePK=3358997&piPK=64148568</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Abstract</td> <td><div class="abstract">The accuracy of the measured income of family enterprises is a matter of importance in studies of, inter alia, human capital, income distribution, and consumption behavior. Enterprise surveys can measure this income through detailed questions. Household surveys offer a better perspective for a study of living standards and poverty: they capture more of the truly small-scale one-person enterprises; there is a wealth of relevant information about the household; and household surveys allow one to integrate family enterprises into household decisions about labor supply, risk sharing, enterprise start-up, and asset formation.\nThis paper examines three enterprise income values that one may derive from household surveys held in the C么te d'Ivoire and Ghana. The three values vary much and do not correlate all that well. This sobering conclusion implies that relying on self-reported values of sales revenue, expenditures and enterprise earnings is risky. Greater effort should be made to measure the transactions of enterprises carefully. Using worksheets and cross-checking responses in loco should help, but since many enterprises do not use any accounting system, it may be necessary to monitor inflows and outflows either personally or with diaries.</div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped grid-table"> <h3>Related studies</h3> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td>»</td> <td class="related-study"><a href="https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/84">C么te d'Ivoire - Enqu锚te Permanente Aupr猫s des M茅nages 1986-1987 (Wave 2 Panel)</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <!-- page footer --> <footer> <!-- footer top section --> <!-- End footer top section --> <button onclick="javascript:uvClick()" style="background: #03A9F4;position: fixed;right: 0px;border: none;padding: 5px;color: white;bottom: 10px;"> <i class="fa fa-headphones headphones-help-widget" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Help / Feedback</span> </button> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://microdata.worldbank.org/themes/bootstrap4/js/uservoice.inc.js?v=202010"></script> <!-- footer bottom section --> <div class="full-row-footer-black-components"> <div class="container"> <div class="footer"> <div class="row"> <!-- / WB logo and Wbg partnership --> <div class="col-12 col-md-2"> <div class="text-center text-lg-left"> <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/"> <img src="https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/wbr-redesign/logos/logo-wbg-footer-en.svg" title="The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty" alt="The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty"> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 footer-bottom-left"> <ul class="footer-ul-links-centered"> <li> <a class="wbg-partnership" title="International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd">IBRD</a> <a class="wbg-partnership" title="International Development Association" href="http://www.worldbank.org/ida">IDA</a> <a class="wbg-partnership" title="International Finance Corporation" href="http://www.ifc.org/">IFC</a> <a class="wbg-partnership" title="Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency" href="http://www.miga.org/">MIGA</a> <a class="wbg-partnership" title="International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes" href="http://icsid.worldbank.org/">ICSID</a> </li> </ul> </div> <!-- / WB logo and Wbg partnership --> <!-- Dropdown and fraud --> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 footer-bottom-right"> <div class=""> <div class="footer-copy-right"> <p class="text-center text-lg-right"> <small> 漏 <script language="JavaScript"> var time = new Date(); var year = time.getYear(); if (year < 2000) year = year + 1900 + ", "; document.write(year); // End --> </script> The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved. </small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- / dropdown and fraud --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <style> .consent-text, .consent-text p, .consent-text button, .consent-text a { color:white; } .consent-text a:link{ text-decoration:underline; } .consent-text button, .consent-text button:hover { color:white; position:absolute; top:10px; right:10px; } .consent-popup{ display:none; padding:25px 10px; } </style> <div class="fixed-bottom consent-popup" style="background:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);"> <div class="container consent-text" > <p>This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. 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