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Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence From Village Economies 2009

Kenya, 2009
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KEN_2009_RKT_v01_M
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Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier
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Jan 18, 2017
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Mar 29, 2019
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Data file: jakiela_ozier_data

Cases: 2516
Variables: 120

Variables

EX80
Invested exactly 80 Kenyan shillings
LTE80
Invested 80 Kenyan shillings or less
age
Age
agecat1
agecat==Age missing
agecat2
agecat==Age 20 and under
agecat4
agecat==Age 26-30
agecat5
agecat==Age 31-35
agecat6
agecat==Age 36-40
agecat7
agecat==Age 41-50
agecat8
agecat==Age 51-60
agecat9
agecat==Age 61 and over
anyfamatgame
Any close relatives attended the experiment
anyhhemployed
Any HH member employed
assets_us
Value of durable HH assets (in US dollars)
attended
Attended game
avassetsALL
Average number of close kin in village
avclosefamALL
Average number of close kin in village
avcommgroupsALL
Average number of community groups in village
aveducALL
Average level of education in village
avfertALL
Proportion of HHs using fertilizer in village
avgoodjobALL
Average level of skilled/regular employment in village
avwagesALL
Average level of wages in village
b180
Large budget
b180xheads
Heads X large budget
b180xprice
Price X large budget
budget
Endowment size
buysout
Paid to avoid the public announcement
christian
Christian
closefamlocal
Close relatives in village (outside of HH)
closefamtrim
No. of close kin in village (trimmed)
commgroups
Community groups
completepri
Completed primary school
completesec
Completed secondary school
dist2road
Distance to paved road
distfamlocal
Distant relatives in village
distfamtrim
No. of distant kin in village (trimmed)
edcat1
edcat==No formal schooling
edcat2
edcat==Incomplete primary (up to grade 1-4)
edcat4
edcat==Completed primary (only)
edcat5
edcat==Incomplete secondary
edcat6
edcat==Completed secondary
employed
Has regular employment
evermarried
Ever married
exitprice
Price of exit
farmhousehold
HH farms
female
Female
fertilizer
HH uses fertilizer on crops
fxage
Female X age
fxanyfamatgame
Female X close kin attended game
fxanyhhemployed
Female X any HH member employed
fxb180
Female X large budget
fxb180xheads
Female X heads X large budget
fxb180xprice
Female X price X large budget
fxclosefamtrim
Female X no. of close kin in village (trimmed)
fxcommgroups
Female X community groups
fxcompletepri
Female X completed primary school
fxcompletesec
Female X completed secondary school
fxdist2road
Female X distance to road
fxdistfamtrim
Female X no. of distant kin in village (trimmed)
fxexitprice
Female X price of exit
fxheads
Female X heads
fxhhrcvd
Female X HH gave gift or loan in last 3 mos.
fxhhsent
Female X HH gave gift or loan in last 3 mos.
fxhhsizetrim
Female X household size (trimmed)
fxlogasset
Female X natural log of HH assets
fxmarried
Female X married
fxminority
Female X ethnic minority
fxpublic
Female X public treatments
fxsavesbank
Female X has bank account
fxsavesrosca
Female X participates in ROSCA
fxselfemployed
Female X self-employed
grosspayout
Gross payout
group
Experimental Variable : Type of treatment
group1
Private small endowment treatment
group2
Public small endowment treatment
group3
Price small endowment treatment
group4
Private large endowment treatment
group5
Public large endowment treatment
group6
Price large endowment treatment
heads
Coin flip lands heads
hhattended
HH member attended experiment
hhbikes
No. bicycles owned by HH
hhcattle
No. cattle owned by HH
hhchickens
No. chicken owned by HH
hhphones
No. phones owned by HH
hhrcvd
HH received transfer in last 3 months
hhsent
HH gave transfer in last 3 months
hhsize
HH size
hhsizetrim
Household (HH) size (trimmed)
hhtvs
No. televisions owned by HH
hidingEX80
Income hiding (investing exactly 80)
hidingLTE80
Income hiding (investing no more than 80 shillings)
homesurvey
Survey conducted in respondent's home
investfrac
Fraction of budget invested in business cup
investment
Amount invested in business cup
logasset
Natural log of HH assets
luhya
Belongs to Luhya ethnic group
manydistfamlocal
Above median number of distant relatives in village
married
Currently married
minority
Local minority ethnic group
otherfamloc
Close kin in village, but not at game
participant
Participated in experiments
public
Public treatments
pxanyfam
Close kin at game X public
pxdist
Above median distant relatives X public
pxnokin
No close kin at game X public
pxnospouse
No spouse at game X public
pxotherfamloc
Close kin in village (not at game) X public
pxspouse
Spouse at game X public
savesbank
Has bank account
savesrosca
Member of ROSCA
schnum
Village ID number
selfemployed
Self-employed
spousethere
Spouse attended the experiment
trans_us_in
Transfers from HHs in villages (in US dollars)
trans_us_out
Transfers to HHs in villages (in US dollars)
uspayout
Total payout (US dollar equivalent)
villtag
Village tag
wages_us
Monthly wages if employed (in US dollars)
yearschool
Years of schooling
Total: 120
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