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Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya
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Journal Article
Authors/contributors
- Bold, Tessa (Author)
- Kimenyi, Mwangi (Author)
- Mwabu, Germano (Author)
- Ng’ang’a, Alice (Author)
- Sandefur, Justin (Author)
Title
Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya
Abstract
What constraints arise when translating successful NGO programs to improve public services in developing countries into government policy? We report on a randomized trial embedded within a nationwide reform of teacher hiring in Kenyan government primary schools. New teachers offered a fixed-term contract by an international NGO significantly raised student test scores, while teachers offered identical contracts by the Kenyan government produced zero impact. Observable differences in teacher characteristics explain little of this gap. Instead, data suggests that bureaucratic and political opposition to the contract reform led to implementation delays and a differential interpretation of identical contract terms. Additionally, contract features that produced larger learning gains in both the NGO and government treatment arms were not adopted by the government outside of the experimental sample.
Publication
Journal of Public Economics
Volume
168
Pages
1-20
Date
2018-12-01
Journal Abbr
Journal of Public Economics
ISSN
0047-2727
Accessed
26/10/2023, 14:18
Library Catalogue
ScienceDirect
Citation
Bold, T., Kimenyi, M., Mwabu, G., Ng’ang’a, A., & Sandefur, J. (2018). Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya. Journal of Public Economics, 168, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.007
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