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Family migration : a vehicle of child morbidity in the informal settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya?
Konseiga, Adama (contributor) - 2008
context of increasing urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicate that households who migrated together with their … ; incidental truncation ; informal settlements ; Nairobi ; Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729414
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Minimum wages in Kenya
Andalón, Mabel (contributor); Pagés, Carmen (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement … ; Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666473
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The impact of violence on individual risk preferences : evidence from a natural experiment
Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen - 2016
We estimate the impact of Kenya's post-election crisis on individual risk preferences. The crisis interrupted a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457327
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Labour productivity in Kenyan manufacturing and service industries
Heshmati, Almas; Rashidghalam, Masoomeh - 2016
productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is … crucial for Kenya to have high labour productivity as it has strong implications for economic growth and welfare. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458981
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Education and fertility : evidence from a policy change in Kenya
Chicoine, Luke E. - 2012
Kenya that lengthened primary school by one year. An instrumental variables approach measures the exogenous variation in … ; education ; Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580571
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How soon is now? : evidence of present bias from convex time budget experiments
Balakrishnan, Uttara; Haushofer, Johannes; Jakiela, Pamela - 2016
in Kenya in which we elicit time and risk preference parameters from 291 participants, using convex time budgets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449960
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How to help the poor to save a bit : evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Akbas, Merve; Ariely, Dan; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; … - 2016
Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497226
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Sooner rather than later: social networks and technology adoption
Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Satish, Varun; Sulaiman, Munshi; … - 2021
Using data from a randomised experiment in Kenya, we estimate the causal effect of social networks on technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517246
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Feed the children
Cherchye, Laurens; Chiappori, Pierre-André; Rock, Bram de - 2021
To understand the household decision-making process regarding food expenditures for children in poor households in Nairobi, we conduct an experiment with 424 married couples. In the experiment, the spouses (individually and jointly) allocated money between themselves and nutritious meals for one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609205
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Terrorism, media coverage and education : evidence from Al-Shabaab attacks in Kenya
Alfano, Marco; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2022
attacks to media signal coverage and schooling in Kenya. Exploiting geographical and temporal variation in wireless signal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198943