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Kenya that lengthened primary school by one year. An instrumental variables approach measures the exogenous variation in …
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Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … significant positive impacts on productivity as measured by value-added per worker, especially for firms with female principal … missionary schools from Kenya's colonial past, as well as geographical indicators such as rainfall, changes in forest cover, and …
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took place in urban areas in Kenya. We find that youth, in general, prefer to work in jobs that have the attributes of …
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of their unassisted competitors. We test this possibility using a two-stage randomized experiment in Kenya which …
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Kenya. We use household level data from the 2009 Kenya Migration Household Survey (produced by the Africa Migration Project …
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presents results of an experimental validation conducted among low-income individuals in Nairobi, Kenya.We find that …
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Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and …
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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 …Labour productivity reflects a firm's ability to generate higher production or value-added. This paper analyses labour …
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We estimate the impact of Kenya's post-election crisis on individual risk preferences. The crisis interrupted a …
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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,...
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