Dominican Republic - Enterprise Survey 2010-2016

The documented dataset covers Enterprise Survey (ES) panel data collected in Dominican Republic in 2010 and 2016, as part of Latin America and the Caribbean Enterprise Surveys rollout, an initiative of the World Bank. The objective of the Enterprise Survey is to obtain feedback from enterprises on the state of the private sector as well as to help in building a panel of enterprise data that will make it possible to track changes in the business environment over time, thus allowing, for example, impact assessments of reforms. Enterprise Surveys target a sample consisting of longitudinal (panel) observations and new cross-sectional data. Panel firms are prioritized in the sample selection, comprising up to 50% of the sample. For all panel firms, regardless of the sample, current eligibility or operating status is determined and included in panel datasets.Dominican Republic ES 2010 was conducted in March - September 2011, ES 2016 was carried out in August 2016 - April 2017. Stratified random sampling was used to select the surveyed businesses. Data was collected using face-to-face interviews.Data from 719 establishments was analyzed: 257 businesses were from 2010 ES only, 256 - from 2016 only, and 206 firms were from 2010 and 2016. The standard Enterprise Survey topics include firm characteristics, gender participation, access to finance, annual sales, costs of inputs and labor, workforce composition, bribery, licensing, infrastructure, trade, crime, competition, capacity utilization, land and permits, taxation, informality, business-government relations, innovation and technology, and performance measures. Over 90 percent of the questions objectively measure characteristics of a country’s business environment. The remaining questions assess the survey respondents’ opinions on what are the obstacles to firm growth and performance.

本归档数据集涵盖2010年与2016年在多米尼加共和国采集的企业调查（Enterprise Survey, ES）面板数据，该数据是世界银行（World Bank）发起的拉丁美洲及加勒比地区企业调查项目的组成部分。
企业调查的核心目标在于收集企业对私营部门发展现状的反馈，同时助力搭建企业面板数据库，以实现对营商环境随时间推移的变化追踪，进而可为改革政策影响评估等工作提供决策支撑。
本次企业调查的样本包含纵向（面板）观测数据与全新横截面数据两类，样本选取优先纳入面板企业，其占比最高可达总样本的50%。针对所有面板企业，无论其是否处于当前样本范围内，均会核验其当前参与资格与运营状态，并将相关信息纳入面板数据集。
多米尼加共和国2010年企业调查实际于2011年3月至9月开展，2016年企业调查则于2016年8月至2017年4月实施。调查对象采用分层随机抽样方法选取，数据通过面对面访谈的方式采集。
本次分析共纳入719家企业的数据，其中仅参与2010年企业调查的企业有257家，仅参与2016年企业调查的有256家，同时参与2010年与2016年调查的面板企业共206家。
企业调查的标准调研主题涵盖企业特征、性别参与度、融资渠道、年度销售额、投入品与劳动力成本、员工结构、贿赂行为、许可资质、基础设施、贸易活动、犯罪影响、市场竞争、产能利用率、土地与许可、税收征管、非正规经营、政企关系、创新与技术以及经营绩效指标等。超90%的调研问题用于客观衡量一国营商环境的各项特征，剩余问题则用于收集受访企业对制约自身成长与经营绩效的各类障碍的主观评价。