Building State Capacity and National Unity with Market Design 2019
The Problem of Assignment in Kenya’s G-United Program

Kenya, 2019 - 2020

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Michael Kremer

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Data file: VGA Follow up

Follow-up surveys for all applicants about where they were living, their employment, and
their beliefs on a range of questions dealing with national unity. The last two rounds (Aug and Nov 2020) also included questions related to impact of Covid-19 on employment, hygiene, financial situation etc.

Cases:	2242
Variables:	101

Variables

vga_uid

vga_female

Respondent gender

completed

Survey completed

nonresponse_reason

Reason for not completing survey

survey_medium_og

Survey medium (assigned)

survey_medium_final

Survey medium (actual)

treat

Treatment assignment

final_list

Treatment status

start

Survey start time

end

Survey end time

surveyor_id

county_home

country_residence

Current Residence: Country

county_residence

Current Residence: County

const_residence

Current Residence: Constituency

ward_residence

Current Residence: Ward

county_pref

County you would most prefer to live in

vote1

School grants: Vote 1

vote2

School grants: Vote 2

tot_votes

School grants: Total vote value (calculated)

schgrant_change

Did respondent change vote, after being told their vote count?

nu_policy_kcpe_highest

Students with highest KCPE scores should be admitted

nu_policy_hardwork

Poor people do not work hard enough to get out of poverty

nu_policy_equal_opp

In Kenya, everyone has an equal chance to succeed

nu_f_county_origin1

Friend 1: County of origin

nu_f_county_origin_other1

Friend 1: County of origin (other)

nu_f_county_current1

Friend 1: County of current residence

nu_f_county_current_other1

Friend 1: County of current residence (other)

nu_f_lang1

Friend 1: Mother tongue

nu_f_lang_other1

Friend 1: Mother tongue (other)

nu_f_county_origin2

Friend 2: County of origin

nu_f_county_origin_other2

Friend 2: County of origin (other)

nu_f_county_current2

Friend 2: County of current residence

nu_f_county_current_other2

Friend 2: County of current residence (other)

nu_f_lang2

Friend 2: Mother tongue

nu_f_lang_other2

Friend 2: Mother tongue (other)

nu_f_county_origin3

Friend 3: County of origin

nu_f_county_origin_other3

Friend 3: County of origin (other)

nu_f_county_current3

Friend 3: County of current residence

nu_f_county_current_other3

Friend 3: County of current residence (other)

nu_f_lang3

Friend 3: Mother tongue

nu_f_lang_other3

Friend 3: Mother tongue (other)

nu_relation_ingroup

Dated/been in a serious relationship: Same ethnic group

nu_relation_outgroup

Dated/been in a serious relationship: Different ethnic group

nu_feelings_temp

How “warm” or “cold” do you feel towards other ethnic groups using a 0-10 scale

nu_interact_outgroup

It can be rewarding to get to know people from other ethnic groups

nu_policy_violence

It is sometimes necessary to use violence in support of a just cause

mother_language

mother_language_other

Mother tongue (other)

ethnic_group

ethnic_group_other

Ethnic group (other)

nu_identity_level

If you had to choose between being a Kenyan and being {ethnic_group}

vga_assign

Was this applicant assigned to a county in C4?

cps_satisfaction

Please rank your satisfaction with your county assignment

cps_top_choice

Deployment county one of the top choices in CPS

vga_deployed_yn

Were you ever deployed to a G-United school?

vga_county_deployment

County of deployment

nu_comm_visit

GU service year: Visited the home of someone in your host community

nu_comm_event

GU service year: Attended a celebration in your host community

nu_comm_gift

GU service year: Received a parting gift from the local community

nu_comm_contact

Still speak with someone from GU host community

nu_comm_contact_freq

Last spoke with someone from GU host community

nu_vga_contact

Still speak with co-VGA

nu_vga_contact_freq

Last spoke with co-VGA

current_emp

Are you currently employed?

seeking_emp

Are you currently seeking employment? (if unemployed)

current_emp_nature

Nature of current employment

current_emp_nature_other

Nature of current employment (other)

current_emp_sector

Current employment sector

current_emp_sector_other

Current employment sector (other)

current_emp_ed

Are you currently working in the education sector?

current_emp_field_pref

Is this job in the industry that you would most prefer to work in?

current_emp_sat

Please rate your satisfaction with your current employment.

emp_sat_goals

This job is helping me achieve my career goals

current_emp_app

When did you apply to this position?

current_emp_app_date

Job application date

current_emp_dur

How long (in months) have you been employed in this job?

current_emp_hrs_day

Hours worked in a day

current_emp_day_week

Days worked in a week

current_emp_hours_week

Hours worked in a week

current_emp_wage

Current employment: Wage

current_emp_wage_num

Current employment: Wage amount

current_emp_wage_range

Current employment: Wage range

sec_income_yn

Do you receive income from any other employment source?

sec_num_sources

How many other sources do you have from which you earn income?

sec_income_amt

Secondary employment(s): Wage

sec_income_amt_num

Secondary employment(s): Wage amount

sec_income_amt_range

Secondary employment(s): Wage range

prev_emp

Have you held any other employed position at some point in the past 12 months?

prev_emp_ed

In this previous position, were you working in the education sector?

vol_yn

In the past month, have you participated in any community service/volunteering?

vol_field1

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field2

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field3

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field4

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field5

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field6

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field7

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field8

Community service/volunteering: Field(s)

vol_field_other

Community service/volunteering: Field (other)

vol_time

Community service/volunteering: Hours in past month

Total: 101

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