ArticleThe European journal of development research2022
Social Protection and Social Cohesion in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Kenya.
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- Who remains uncovered? Assessing inequalities and determinants of national health insurance enrolment among informal sector workers in Kenya.Global health research and policy · 2025Article
- Do free healthcare policies play a role in expanding national health insurance enrollment among informal sector workers? The case of the Afya Care pilot program in Kenya.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the utilization of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Social Cohesion and COVID-19: Integrative Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Review
- Public Works Programmes and Cooperation for the Common Good: Evidence from Malawi.The European journal of development research · 2022Article
- Disentangling the Relationship Between Social Protection and Social Cohesion: Introduction to the Special Issue.The European journal of development research · 2022Article
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Abstract
This paper examines empirically whether social protection in the form of social assistance programmes are affecting social cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using unique primary data from nationally representative, in-person surveys from Kenya allows for the exploration of the effect of social protection on attributes of social cohesion. The analysis employs a difference-in-differences approach that compares households with and without social assistance coverage before and after the first wave of the pandemic. The main findings show that social assistance does not influence attributes of social cohesion. One potential explanation of this result is that social assistance benefits were in general too small to entirely offset the negative economic consequences of the pandemic. Overall, these results point to the limitations of social assistance programmes that do not necessarily affect social cohesion in times of large covariate shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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