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Education and Fertility : Evidence from a Policy Change in Kenya
Chicoine, Luke - 2012
Kenya that lengthened primary school by one year. An instrumental variables approach measures the exogenous variation in …
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Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cell Phones on Productivity in a Difficult Business Climate : Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - 2014
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … missionary schools from Kenya's colonial past, as well as geographical indicators such as rainfall, changes in forest cover, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068769
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The Jobs that Youth Want and the Support They Need to Get Them : Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kenya
Elzir Assy, Angela - 2020
took place in urban areas in Kenya. We find that youth, in general, prefer to work in jobs that have the attributes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843726
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Growing Markets Through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs : A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya
McKenzie, David J. - 2017
of their unassisted competitors. We test this possibility using a two-stage randomized experiment in Kenya which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960274
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Migration, Remittances and Human Capital Investment in Kenya
Hines, Annie Laurie - 2018
Kenya. We use household level data from the 2009 Kenya Migration Household Survey (produced by the Africa Migration Project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909986
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Using Survey Questions to Measure Preferences : Lessons from an Experimental Validation in Kenya
Bauer, Michal - 2019
presents results of an experimental validation conducted among low-income individuals in Nairobi, Kenya.We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867136
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How to Help the Poor to Save a Bit : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Akbaş, Merve - 2016
Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987673
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Labour Productivity in Kenyan Manufacturing and Service Industries
Heshmati, Almas - 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/10012992728
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The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Jakiela, Pamela - 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/10012993951
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Health Workers' Behavior, Patient Reporting and Reputational Concerns : Lab-in-The-Field Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Mbiti, Isaac - 2018
We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to examine the effectiveness of accountability systems that rely on patient reporting in Kenyan health clinics. We recruit patients and health care providers from public and private health clinics to play a series of modified Trust Games. In the game,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925519