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ArticleEconomics of education review2023

Effects of a single cash transfer on school re-enrollment during COVID-19 among vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya: Randomized controlled trial.

John A Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, Eva Muluve, Faith Mbushi, Karen Austrian

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Article in Economics of education review, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

John A MaluccioDepartment of Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury Vermont 05753 USA.
Erica Soler-HampejsekIndependent Consultant, Barcelona, Spain.
Beth KangwanaPopulation Council-Kenya, Kenya.
Eva MuluvePopulation Council-Kenya, Kenya.
Faith MbushiPopulation Council-Kenya, Kenya.
Karen AustrianPopulation Council-Kenya, Kenya.
British Council · KEMiddlebury College · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 related school closures in Kenya were among the longest in Africa, putting older adolescent girls nearing the end of secondary school at risk of permanent dropout. Using a randomized-controlled trial we evaluated a logistically simple cash transfer intervention in urban areas designed to promote their return to school. There were no required conditions for receiving the transfer and the intervention is interpreted as a labeled cash transfer. It had substantial significant effects on re-enrollment of adolescent girls, with greater effectiveness for older girls and even for some not enrolled earlier in the school year. The program effectiveness demonstrates feasibility of the approach and underscores the potential importance of additional resources for schooling during the pandemic, when a large majority of households had suffered income losses.

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Covid-19KenyaLabeled cash transferSchooling enrollmentUrban informal settlements

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PMID37351530
PMCPMC10266500
OpenAlexW4380785445

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