{"doc_desc":{"title":"KEN_2019_GU-VGA_v01_M","idno":"DDI_KEN_2019_GU-VGA_v01_M_WB","producers":[{"name":"Development Data Group","abbreviation":"DECDG","affiliation":"World Bank","role":"Documentation of the study"}],"prod_date":"2022-11-22","version_statement":{"version":"Version 01 (2022-11-22)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"KEN_2019_GU-VGA_v01_M","title":"Building State Capacity and National Unity with Market Design 2019","sub_title":"The Problem of Assignment in Kenya\u2019s G-United Program","alt_title":"GU-VGA 2019"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Michael Kremer","affiliation":"Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Willa Friedman","affiliation":"","role":"Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Houston"},{"name":"Guthrie Gray-lobe","affiliation":"","role":"University of Chicago"}],"funding_agencies":[{"name":"World Bank, Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund","abbreviation":"","role":""},{"name":"International Growth Centre","abbreviation":"","role":""},{"name":"J-PAL Governance Initiative","abbreviation":"","role":""},{"name":"AESTUS Foundation","abbreviation":"","role":""},{"name":"Douglas B. Marshall Jr. Foundation","abbreviation":"","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"depositor":[{"name":"Yilin Pan","abbreviation":"","affiliation":""}]},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.","version_notes":"The original dataset has been edited to remove identifiers. Variable labels have been added and renamed wherever necessary. Other data quality checks have been done to remove duplicates etc."},"study_info":{"abstract":"This project examines a Kenyan government program, G-United, which places university graduates in primary schools around the country with the goals of boosting national unity and improving student learning. One part of the project examines the effect of the program on national unity objectives, including applicants\u2019 and participating communities\u2019 inter-tribal prejudice. Another examines the impact of market-design inspired strategies for assigning participants to positions on applicant retention, satisfaction, and performance as well as on increasing commitment and improving productivity.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2019-01","end":"","cycle":"Baseline student surveys"},{"start":"2020-02","end":"2020-03","cycle":"Endline community and school surveys"},{"start":"2020-02","end":"","cycle":"VGA Phone surveys and follow-up Wave 1"},{"start":"2020-08","end":"","cycle":"VGA Phone surveys and follow-up Wave 2"},{"start":"2020","end":"","cycle":"VGA Phone surveys and follow-up Wave 3"}],"nation":[{"name":"Kenya","abbreviation":"KEN"}],"geog_coverage":"Counties covered: Bungoma, Busia, Embu, Kajiado, Kakamega, Kiambu, Kilifi, Kirinyaga, Kisii, Kisumu, Kwale, Machakos, Meru, Migori, Nyeri, Samburu, Taita Taveta, Uasin Gishu, West Pokot.","analysis_unit":"Community-level questionnaires with units of analysis being individuals (G-united participants, local community members, teachers, school students)","notes":"The scope of the study includes the following themes:\n- Individuals (G-United volunteers and community members): Employment characteristics, education, national unity measures, hygiene, impact due to COVID-19.\n- Children: Educational aspirations, national unity and inter-ethnic trust, learning assessment\n- School teachers: School characteristics, national unity, volunteer contact module"},"method":{"data_collection":{"coll_mode":["Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]"],"research_instrument":"Questionnaires - Baseline:\nStudent survey questionnaire\nVGA survey questionnaire\n\nQuestionnaires - Endline:\nPupil survey (in-person survey with students of grades 2 and 3 in sample schools)\nHead teacher survey (in-person survey with head teachers  in sample schools)\nHomestay owner survey (in-person survey with homestay owners where G-United volunteers lived)\nGU VGA Phone Survey Nov 2020 (Follow up Phone Survey with G-United volunteers in Oct-Nov 2020)\nGU VGA Phone Survey Aug 2020 (Follow up Phone Survey with G-United volunteers in July-Aug 2020)\nGU VGA Phone Survey March 2020 (Phone Survey with G-United volunteers in Feb-Mar 2020)","coll_situation":"Enumerator training sessions were conducted before every round of data collection by the Research Associate\/Manager in the presence of all field supervisors in the data collection team.\nEach interview took approximately 45 minutes, and all interviews were conducted in English.","act_min":"Each team of enumerators were supervised by a field supervisor. Weekly field visits were undertaken by the Research Associate.","method_notes":"Mode of data entry: In the field on ODK."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"","required":"","form_no":"","uri":""}],"cit_req":"Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include: \n - the Identification of the Primary Investigator\n - the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)\n - the survey reference number\n - the source and date of download\n\n Example:\n Michael Kremer (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago). Building State Capacity and National Unity with Market Design 2019 (GU-VGA 2019). Ref: KEN_2019_GU-VGA_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].","disclaimer":"The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses."}}},"schematype":"survey","tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}]}